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Thrift and its Paradoxes: From Domestic to Political Economy - Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy
Thrift and its Paradoxes: From Domestic to Political Economy - Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy
Through a wide range of ethnographic contexts this book explores how practices and moralities of thrift are intertwined with austerity, debt, welfare, and patronage across various social and temporal scales and are constantly re-negotiated at the nexus of socio-economic, religious, and kinship ideals and praxis.
252 pages, 19 illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 1, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9781800734623 |
| Publishers | Berghahn Books |
| Pages | 252 |
| Dimensions | 236 × 159 × 21 mm · 482 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Alexander, Catherine |
| Editor | Sosna, Daniel |