Gifts and commodities, C.A. Gregory ; foreword by Marilyn Strathern ; new preface by the author

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Gifts and commodities, C.A. Gregory ; foreword by Marilyn Strathern ; new preface by the author

Statement of responsibility

C.A. Gregory ; foreword by Marilyn Strathern ; new preface by the author

Instantiates

• Gifts and commodities

Publication

• Chicago, IL, Hau Books, 2015

Copyright

• ©2015

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

1. The competing theories -- Political economy -- Economics -- 2. A framework of analysis -- The general relation of production to consumption, distribution, and exchange -- The definition of particular economies -- 3. Gifts and commodities: circulation -- The direct exchange of things -- The circulation of things -- The circulation of people -- Circulation and distribution -- 4. Gifts and commodities: reproduction -- Production of commodities by means of commodities -- Consumption of gifts by means of gifts -- Summary -- 5. Traditional and modern goods: a critique -- The conceptual problem -- The perceptual problem -- The methodological problem -- 6. The transformation of gifts into commodities in colonial Papua New Guinea -- Theories of change in PNG -- The emergence of commodity production in PNG -- 7. The transformation of commodities into gifts in colonial Papua New Guinea -- Restricted reproduction in the Sepik District -- Delayed reproduction in the highlands -- The kula gift exchange system of Milne Bay District -- Gift exchange and capital accumulation in Central District -- Conclusion -- Mathematical appendix: A matrix approach to the calculus of kinship relations

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ocn891618291

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23 cm

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Second edition.

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lxiii, 268 pages

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9780990505013

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illustrations

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u437211

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(OCoLC)891618291