{"product_id":"explorations-in-economic-anthropology-key-issues-and-critical-reflections-9781800739116","title":"Explorations in Economic Anthropology: Key Issues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAt a time of rising global economic precarity and social inequality, the field of economic anthropology offers solutions through the study of local and contextualized economic practices. This book is made up of an exciting collection of succinct essays authored by leading scholars primarily from the field of economic anthropology, but also featuring contributions from sociology and history. The chapters engage with debates at the cutting edge of research on the topics of Eurasia, the anthropology of postsocialism and the embeddedness of economic practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The volume offers an appreciable contribution, especially for those who are new to economic anthropology since it presents key concepts and debates of contemporary anthropology and offers a privileged access point to this field…[It] keeps the promise of its title representing an accessible repertoire of reflections capable of highlighting an important segment of the recent development of economic anthropology.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an impressive collection of essays that spans a huge array of themes, topics, writing styles and historical periods… The volume as a whole brings up lively conversations about a variety of themes in economic anthropology, and groups of the contributions can be used for class teaching on particular themes.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Minh Nguyen\u003c\/strong\u003e, Bielefeld University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chris Hann and the Anthropological Study of Economic Life\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKirsten W. Endres and Deema Kaneff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Reconsidering (Post)Socialist Spaces\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Civilizations and Economies: Notes on a Neglected Theme\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJohann P. Arnason\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Halecki to Hann: The Historiography of Historical Regions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStefan Troebst\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Out of The Frying Pan and into The Fire, or Modernization Forever? Economic Strategies in the Transformation of Peasant Societies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMihály Sárkány\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Something to Be Nostalgic About? Goulash Socialist and Postsocialist Rural Society in Hungary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNigel Swain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone: The Indivisibility of Economic and Discursive Aspects in Neoliberal and Populist Regimes in Poland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichał Buchowski\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Making a Reality of Other People’s Fictions: A Smithian Critique of Post-Marxian and Polányi-ite Accounts of Exploitation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMichael Stewart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Resilience and Surveillance in Hann’s Eurasia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSteven Sampson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Economic Anthropology in a Changing World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hijra, Port and Market: Pre-Ottoman Economies in South-West Arabia's Zaydi Realm\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndre Gingrich\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Social Norms to Legal Norms: Regulating Work in Post-Neoliberal Political Economies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRuth Dukes and Wolfgang Streeck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Moral Economy of Anthropological Scholarship\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMonica Heintz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some Thoughts on Embeddedness, Value and the Moral Dimension in the Work of Chris Hann\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFrances Pine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Property, Resources and Gauging Social Change\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDeema Kaneff\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Birth, Property, and the Male Descendant: Some Evidence from India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChris Gregory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e What Has Happened to Turkish Tea? Thoughts on a Cash Crop, the Turkish State and Society in this Millennium\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLale Yalçin-Heckmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Economies of the Sacred and Secular\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Economy is a Ritual\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStephen Gudeman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Rice, the Rice Goddess and the Sickle: An Agricultural ‘Revolution’ among the Bru of Khe Sanh, 1989\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGábor Vargyas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 17.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Dharma and the Dime: Money and Buddhist Morality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristoph Brumann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 18.\u003c\/strong\u003e Stealing Goddesses: The Political Economy of Kingship in Premodern India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBurkhard Schnepel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 19.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dalits and the Market: Liberation or Oppression?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Gellner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 20.\u003c\/strong\u003e Polanyi Goes to Mauritius: Economy and Society in the Postcolony\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eThomas Hylland Eriksen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tPublications by Chris Hann\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042753347927,"sku":"9781800739116","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800739116.jpg?v=1750955481","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/explorations-in-economic-anthropology-key-issues-and-critical-reflections-9781800739116","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}