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Subject(s)

• Agriculture—Economic aspects [Browse]
• Agricultural credit [Browse]
• Developing countries [Browse]

Related name

• Firth, Raymond, 1901-2002 [Browse]
• Yamey, Basil S. [Browse]

Series

• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography [More in this series]
• Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. [More in this series]
• Raymond Firth : collected works ; 1

Summary note

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.

Notes

First published in 1964.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Editors' Preface ; The Authors ; 1. Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies: A Viewpoint from Economic Anthropology ; Studies in the Peasant 'Capital' Sector
• Identification of Peasant Capital Formation and Management of Peasant Capital ; Saving and Investment ; Credit in the Peasant Economy
• Social Conditions and Capital Development 2. Some Aspects of Credit, Saving and Investment in a 'Non-Monetary' Economy (Rossel Island); Sociological and Psychological Explanation in Economic Development
• Rossel Island-a 'Non-Monetary' Economy Currency in Economic Transactions and Social Relationships ; The Peculiarities of Rossel Currency ; The Credit System
• Profiting from the Credit System Borrowing, Lending and Reciprocity ; Rossel Island Economic Development Today
• 3. Personal Capital Formation Among the Tolai of New Britain!

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ISBN

• 1-136-53668-X
• 1-315-01751-2
• 0-415-33015-7
• 1-136-53661-2

OCLC

• 862048924
• 861789741

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315017518

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