Stone Age Economics

by Marshall Sahlins

Book Overview

Stone Age Economics is a classic study of anthropological economics, first published in 1974. Ambitiously tackling the nature of economic life and how to study it comparatively, the book includes six studies which reflect the author's ideas on revising traditional views of the hunter-gatherer and so-called primitive societies, revealing them to be the original affluent society.

The book examines notions of production, distribution and exchange...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202010996
• ISBN13: 9780202010991
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"