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Capital, saving and credit in peasant societies : studies from Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean and Middle America / edited by Raymond Firth and B.S. Yamey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.
- Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography
- Raymond Firth : collected works ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- Agriculture.
- Agricultural credit.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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. <BR> First published in 1964.
- 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!
- Notes:
- First published in 1964.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-136-53668-X
- 1-315-01751-2
- 0-415-33015-7
- 1-136-53661-2
- 9781315017518
- OCLC:
- 862048924
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