Social archaeologies of trade and exchange : exploring relationships among people, places, and things / Alexander A. Bauer, Anna S. Agbe-Davies, editors.
This volume focuses on the anthropological concept of trade as a fundamentally social activity concerned not only with the movement of goods, but also on the social context and consequences of that exchange. The distinguished contributors discuss trade on a range of scales-from a solitary confinemen...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This volume focuses on the anthropological concept of trade as a fundamentally social activity concerned not only with the movement of goods, but also on the social context and consequences of that exchange. The distinguished contributors discuss trade on a range of scales-from a solitary confinement cell to trans-oceanic networks-in settings around the world and over the past 3000 years. They address themes such as exchange as a communicative act, the ways in which exchange transforms the relationship between people and things, the significance of agency and power in contexts of trade, and ho. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published 2010 by Left Coast Press, Inc. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315420059 1315420058 9781315420042 131542004X 9781315420028 1315420023 9781315420035 1315420031 1598740296 9781598740295 159874030X 9781598740301 |