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

Publication Date:

2016-09-01

Book Series:

REAN

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
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