Economics in Primitive Communities
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Economics in Primitive Communities

  1. 326 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Economics in Primitive Communities

About this book

Originally published in 1932, this book discusses aspects of economic life in Africa. Detailed consideration is given to food production, population increase, hunting, herding, distribution of goods and wealth, ownership and property, trade, feudalism and slavery.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781138598683
eBook ISBN
9780429942174
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. NOTES ON TERMS EMPLOYED
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. PART I. CONDITIONS OF PRIMITIVE ECONOMICS
  9. I. General Considerations: The Problems of Progress and Development
  10. II. Population and its means of increase
  11. III. The Food Question
  12. IV. Settlements
  13. V. Technical Skill
  14. PART II. TYPES OF ECONOMIC LIFE
  15. I. Homogeneous Communities of Man as Hunters and Trappers, Women as Collectors
  16. II. Homogeneous Communities of Hunters, Trappers, and Agriculturists
  17. III. Graded Society of Hunters, Trappers, Agriculturists, and Artisans
  18. IV. The Herdsmen
  19. V. Homogeneous Hunters and Herdsmen
  20. VI. Ethnically Stratified Cattle-breeders and Traders
  21. VII. Socially Graded Herdsmen with Hunting, Agricultural, and Artisan Population
  22. VIII. Feudal States and Socially Graded Communities
  23. IX. The Development of the `Familia' and the `Manor'
  24. PART III. FORMS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
  25. I. General Traits
  26. II. Handicraft
  27. III. Handicraft (continued)
  28. IV. Wages
  29. V. Barter
  30. VI. Trade
  31. VII. The Market
  32. VIII. Purchase
  33. IX. Distribution of Goods and Wealth
  34. X. Ownership and Property
  35. XI. Feudalism
  36. XII. Family Capitalism
  37. XIII. Work
  38. XIV. Slavery
  39. XV. Bondmen
  40. XVI. Symbols of Value and Money
  41. XVII. Partnership and Collectivism
  42. XVIII. Principles of Primitive Economics
  43. XIX. The Spirit of Primitive Economics
  44. Diagrams: illustrating the Development of Economic Methods and Simple Technical Skill
  45. Bibliography
  46. Index