George Dalton
Published: 1971-05-17
Total Pages: 408
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Collection of essays on the scope and research methods of the social and cultural anthropology of economic development and modernization (economic anthropology) - presents the theoretical framework of socio-economic analysis of tribal peoples and peasant (rural worker) economic systems, covers traditional production and markets in Africa, primitive monetary systems, the role of kinship and religion, and considers social change and cultural change in village communitys. Bibliography pp. 363 to 375, references and statistical tables.