Theory in Economic Anthropology (18)

Comprising 13 contributions, mostly based on papers presented at the annual conference of the Society for Economic Anthropology in 1998 at Northwestern University, this volume focuses several themes: the new institutionalism; wealth, exchange, and the evolution of social institutions; small producers' interactions with the wider world; commodity chains and the formal-informal sector distinction; and the role for "big theory" in economic anthropology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)