Comprising eight case studies from around the world, this volume investigates the social, political and ethical implications of markets through the specific lens of prices. Drawing on the most recent scholarship in economic anthropology, it represents the first systematic attempt to address...

Comprising eight case studies from around the world, this volume investigates the social, political and ethical implications of markets through the specific lens of prices. Drawing on the most recent scholarship in economic anthropology, it represents the first systematic attempt to address...

The first edition of this unique Handbook was praised for its substantial and invaluable summary discussions of work by anthropologists on economic processes and issues, on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life and on the conceptual orientations that are important...

This unique Handbook contains substantial and invaluable summary discussions of work on economic processes and issues, and on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life. Furthermore it describes conceptual orientations that are important among economic anthropologists, and...

Cover -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Farming and Its Values - Jeff Pratt -- 3. Food and Consumption - Pete Luetchford -- 4. Tuscany, Italy - Jeff Pratt -- 5. The Tarn, France - Myriem Naji -- 6. Andalusia, Spain - Pete Luetchford -- 7. Sussex, England - Sara...