Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies

Studies from Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and middle America

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

The formation and management of capital are among the central issues in economic growth, especially in 'under-developed' countries, and form the main theme in this volume. The societies examined vary widely, both geographically and also in terms of types of social and economic structures.First published in 1964.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-04-28
Mått:138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt:476 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138010222

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Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Innehållsförteckning

1. Raymond Plant, Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies: A Viewpoint from Economic Anthropology 2. Lorraine Baric, Some Aspects of Credit, Saving and Investment in a 'Non-Monetary' Economy (Rossel Island) 3. Scarlett Epstein, Personal Capital Formation among the Tolai of New Britain 4. Fredrick Barth, Capital, Investment and the Social Structure of a Pastoral Nomad Group in South Persia 5. Joel M. Halpern, Capital, Saving and Credit among Lao Peasants 6. F.G. Bailey, Capital, Saving and Credit in Highland Orissa (India) 7. M.G. Swift, Capital, Saving and Credit in a Malay Peasant Economy 8. Marjorie Topley, Capital, Saving and Credit among Indigenous Rice Farmers and Immigrant Vegetable Farmers in Hong Kong's New Territories 9. C.S. Belshaw, Institutions for Capital formation and Distribution among Fijians 10. Joan Metge, Rural Local Savings Associations (Maori Komiti) in New Zealand's Far North 11. Alice Dewey, Capital, Credit and Saving in Javanese Marketing 12. Sidney W. Mintz, The Employment of Capital by Market Women in Haiti 13. Manning Nash, Capital, Saving and Credit in a Guatemalan and a Mexican Indian Peasant Society 14. Raymond T. Smith, Ethnic Difference and Peasant Economy in British Guiana 15. Burton Benedict, Capital, Saving and Credit among Mauritian Indians 16. Bert F. Hoselitz, Capital Formation, Saving, and Credit in Indian Agricultural Society 17. B.S. Yamey, The Study of Peasant Economic Systesm: some Concluding Comments and Questions