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Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach

Paperback • 1992 • English

Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach

By Stephen Hugh-Jones, Caroline Humphrey

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Economists treat barter as an inefficient alternative to market exchange, assuming that it is normal only in primitive economies. For their part, anthropologists are more concerned with the social and moral complexities of the "gift," and treat barter as mere haggling. The authors in this collection do not accept that barter occupies a residual space between monetary and gift economies. Using accounts from different parts of the world, they demonstrate that it is more than a simple and self-evid...Show more

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9780521406826

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1992

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English

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Barter, Exchange and Value: An Anthropological Approach

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Paperback

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