Economies and Cultures - 2nd Edition

Taylor & Francis

This book introduces economic anthropology to countries where it has never been taught before, including Vietnam, China, Brazil, Argentina, and Italy. It identifies the fundamental practical and theoretical problems that give economic anthropology its unique strengths and vision. > This book introduces economic anthropology to countries where it has never been taught before, including Vietnam, China, Brazil, Argentina, and Italy. It identifies the fundamental practical and theoretical problems that give economic anthropology its unique strengths and vision. > Preface to the Second Edition -- Economic Anthropology An Undisciplined Discipline -- Economics and the Problem of Human Nature -- Self-Interest and Neoclassical Microeconomics -- Social and Political Economy -- The Moral Human Cultural Economics -- Gifts and Exchange -- Conclusions Complex Economic Human Beings -- Appendix > \nRichard Wilk is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana.