Barter, exchange and value: an anthropological approach
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521406826
Date de publication :
11 juin 1992
Dimensions :
23,6 x 16,0 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
355 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This novel treatment of barter represents an original and topical addition to the literature on economic anthropology. It aims to show that barter is not just and inefficient means of exchange, or mere haggling, but is a mode of exchange with its own social characteristics, occupying a specific moral space.