Author: Raymond T. SmithPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Firth, Raymond and Yamey, Basil Selig. Capital saving and credit in peasant societies London George Allen and Unwin Ltd
Author: Raymond T. SmithCapital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies. Studies from Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and Middle America. Essays Edited with Two General Essays by Raymond Firth and B.S. Yamey
Author: Raymond FirthPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural credit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies
Author: Raymond William FirthPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415330152
Category : Agricultural credit
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
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.
Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies
Author: A. H. BlackPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351530135
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Contemporary problems of economic and social change have obliged social scientists from different fields to learn much about each others' work as well as about the specific problems they are together seeking to solve. The bearing of economic conditions on the character of a social system has become more apparent to anthropologists, and, similarly, economists have become more aware of the relevance of social factors to economic decisions. This pioneering book is at the point of contact between these two disciplines, presenting detailed studies from many societies of the interaction between social and economic relationships. The studies in this volume--all by social anthropologists --focus on the formation and management of capital, since this process is central to the economic functioning and growth of all societies. With this central theme, the essays cover a very wide geographic range and an equally wide range of social and economic structures. The book begins with an essay by Firth, who provides an extended outline discussion of the main problems and issues to be covered, and ends with an essay by Yamey, who provides summarizing comments and queries. The volume will be especially useful to those concerned with the problems and prospects of economic and social change in underdeveloped areas, in addition to economists and anthropologists concerned with what each can learn from the other.
Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies
Author: Raymond FirthCapital, saving and credit in peasant societies. Studies from Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and middle America
Author: Raymond FirthCapital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies
Author: Raymond FirthPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural credit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
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Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies
Author: Raymond FirthFast Money Schemes
Author: John CoxPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253035635
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In the late 1990s and early 2000s a wave of Ponzi schemes swept through Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the Solomon Islands. The most notorious scheme, U-Vistract, attracted many thousands of investors, enticing them with promises of 100 percent interest to be paid monthly. Its founder, Noah Musingku, was a charismatic leader who promoted the scheme as a form of Christian mission and as the basis for establishing an independent kingdom. Fast Money Schemes uses in-depth interviews with investors, newspaper accounts, and participant observation to understand the scheme's appeal from the point of view of those who invested and lost, showing that organizers and investors alike understood the scheme as a way of accessing and participating in a global economy. John Cox delivers a "post-village" ethnography that gives insight into the lives of urban, middle-class Papua New Guineans, a group that is not familiar to US readers and that has seldom been a focus of anthropological interest. The book's concern with understanding the interweaving of morality, finance, and aspirations shared by a global cosmopolitan middle class has wide resonance beyond studies of Papua New Guinea and anthropology.