Labor in cross-cultural perspective / E. Paul Durrenberger And Judith Marti, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Society for Economic Anthropology (U.S.). Meeting (2001 : Milwaukee (Wis.))

Contributor:

Durrenberger, E. Paul, 1943-

Marti, Judith.

Series:

Society for Economic Anthropology monographs ; v. 23.

Society for Economic Anthropology monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic anthropology--Congresses.

Economic anthropology.

Labor--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.

Labor.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 330 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press ; [Durham, N.H.] : Published in cooperation with the Society for Economic Anthropology, [2006]

Summary:

This impressive new volume in the series from the Society for Economic Anthropology focuses on the role of labor in contrasting world economies. The contributors offer a diverse collection of cases that illustrate labor processes in a wide range of contexts in both western and nonwestern societies. The volume reaffirms the unique contribution of anthropology to economic research, showing how the mobilization of labor can change dramatically with variations in social, political, and economic conditions, as well as location and time period. The authors discuss household labor, firms and corporations, and state and transnational conditions. This book is a valuable resource for scholars, students, and interested readers of international economics, anthropology, development issues, labor studies, and sociology.

Contents:

1 Sewer Socialism and Labor: The Pragmatics of Running a Good City / Frank P. Zeidler 27

Part I Households 43

2 Political-Economic Change, Cultural Traditions, and Household Organization in Rural Mali / Dolores Koenig 45

3 Labor Discipline, Debt, and Effort in a Philippine Fishing Community / Susan D. Russell 65

4 Ayuda or Work? Labor History of Female Heads of Household from Oaxaca, Mexico / Martha Woodson Rees 87

Part II Firms and Corporate Entities 111

5 Bargaining Wages and Controlling Performance: Harvest Labor in Coffee and Citrus / Sutti Ortiz 113

6 We're to Stand Side by Side: Household Production and Women's Work in Rural Mining Communities / Karaleah S. Reichart 137

7 The Emergence of Worker Cooperatives in Japan among Middle-Aged Middle-Class Housewives in the Late Twentieth Century / Robert C. Marshall 155

8 Proletarianization of Professional Work and Changed Workplace Relationships / John R. Pulskamp 175

Part III States: Premodern to Transnational 193

9 Hilltowns and Valley Fields: Great Transformations, Labor, and Long-Term History in Ancient Oaxaca / Stephen A. Kowalewski, Gary M. Feinman, Linda M. Nicholas, Verenice Y. Heredia 197

10 A Political Economy from Increasing Marginal Returns to Labor: An Example from Viking Age Iceland / John M. Steinberg 217

11 Of Corvee and Slavery: Historical Intricacies of the Division of Labor and State Power in Northern Thailand / Katherine A. Bowie 245

12 Immigrant Labor in the New U.S. Economy: Anthropological Notes / Christian Zlolniski 265

13 Crossing the Border from Jalisco, Mexico: Network-Mediated Entry into Micro-Labor Enclaves / Tamar Diana Wilson 283

14 Volunteer Labor: "Adding Value" to Local Culture / Barbara J. Dilly 307.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Anthropology held in Milwaukee.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0759105820

0759105839

OCLC:

59223923