Crude Domination: An Anthropology of Oil (Dislocations)
March 19, 2012
Product DescriptionFour conjectures relate the prospect of conflict to oil. First, petroleum production integrates local, regional, national, and global levels of political and economic organization. Second, conflict is likely in these for... More >> Crude Domination: An Anthropology of Oil (Dislocations)
The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
March 10, 2010
Product DescriptionThe contributors to this volume examine how things are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings, both present and past. Bridging the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics... More >> The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)