The Economics of Ecology, Exchange, and Adaptation: Anthropological Explorations: Volume 36

Editor:

• Donald C. Wood

Chapters:

• The Economics of Ecology, Exchange, and Adaptation: Anthropological Explorations
• Research in Economic Anthropology
• The Economics of Ecology, Exchange, and Adaptation: Anthropological Explorations
• Copyright Page
• List of Contributors
• Editorial Advisory Board
• Introduction: Anthropological Explorations of Incongruous Perspectives in the Economics of Ecology, Exchange, and Adaptation

Part I: Climate, Environment, and Conservation

• Regulating the Ogallala: Paradox and Ambiguity in Western Kansas
• Contested Understandings of Sustainability and Climate Issues in Southern Costa Rica
• Climate Variability in West Africa: A Case Study in Vulnerability and Adaptation on the Northern Central Plateau, Burkina Faso
• Contested Affluence: Cultural Politics of Pashmina Wealth and Wildlife Conservation in Ladakh

Part II: Negotiating the Social and the Economic in Exchange Relations

• Maximizing Social Proximity in Market Relations: The Networks of Nigerian Immigrant Business Owners in New York City
• The Hau of the Theft: Reciprocity, Reputation and the Koh-i-Noor Diamond
• The Space between Community and Self-Interest: Conflict and the Experience of Exchange in Heroin Markets
• Suburban Drug Dealing: A Case Study in Ambivalent Economics

Part III: Adaptations to Socioeconomic Conditions

• Performing Anonymity: Investors, Brokers, and the Malleability of Material Identity Information in Financial Markets
• The Creation of a Local Innovation Ecosystem in Japan for Nurturing Global Entrepreneurs
• Exploring the Interactions: Plot-Level Analysis of Maragoli Women Farmers’ Crop Control and Yields in Western Kenya
• The Alternative Economics of Alternative Healing: Faith-Based Therapies in Brazil’s Religious Marketplace
• About the Authors