Economic Anthropology

by Keith Hart and Chris Hann

Book Overview

This book is a new introduction to the history and practice of economic anthropology by two leading authors in the field. They show that anthropologists have contributed to understanding the three great questions of modern economic history: development, socialism and one-world capitalism. In doing so, they connect economic anthropology to its roots in Western philosophy, social theory and world history. Up to the Second World War anthropologists tried...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074564483X
• ISBN13: 9780745644837
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.4"