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Article: A handbook of economic anthropology.(Book review)
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- Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
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- June 1, 2006
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CARRIER, JAMES G. (ed.). A handbook of economic anthropology. xvi, 584 pp., tables, bibliogrs. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2005. [pounds sterling]135.00 (cloth)
James Carrier's Handbook of economic anthropology is an outstanding collection of essays in economic anthropology by leading scholars in the sub-discipline.
The volume is organized into six parts: 'Orientations', 'Elements', 'Circulations', 'Integrations', 'Issues', and 'Regions'. The wide range of contributions to the volume allows for creative overlaps, variations, and contradictions. For instance the first part, 'Orientations', which discusses established positions within the subdiscipline, ...