Economic Analysis Beyond the Local System

by Richard E. Blanton, Donald W. Atwood (Contribution by), Candice Bradley (Contribution by), Gracia Clark (Contribution by), E. Paul Durrenberger (Contribution by)

Overview

Co-published with the Society for Economic Anthropology, this work explores the social, political and economic contexts and consequences of economic interaction beyond the local systems. Because the focus of economic analysis is often local, particularly in anthropology, this book specifically aims analysis beyond the local system of economic interaction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761803423
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	12/30/1996
Series:	Monographs in Economic Anthropology Series , #13
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	5.86(w) x 8.96(h) x 1.05(d)

About the Author

Richard E. Blanton is Professor of Anthropology at Purdue University.
Peter N. Peregrine is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Lawrence University.
Deborah Winslow is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Hampshire.
Thomas D. Hall is Professor of Sociology at DePaul University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Contents: Introduction: Economic Analysis Beyond the Local System—and Back Again Chapter 2 PART I: Economic Analysis Beyond the Local System: Archaelogical and Historical Perspectives Chapter 3 PART II: Finding the Global in the Local: Contemporary Case Studies Chapter 4 PART III: Structural Adjustment Programs: Local Contexts for Global Policy