Dimensions of Ritual Economy

Contributor(s): McAnany, Patricia Ann (Editor), Wood, Donald C (Editor), McAnany, Patricia A (Volume Editor), Wells, E Christian (Volume Editor), Bishop, John A (Editor)

ISBN: 9780762314850

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Hardcover

$142.99

Pub Date: May 5, 2008

Dewey: 306

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.69" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.27 lbs) 286 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Research in Economic Anthropology

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Description: Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as motivational factors. This book explores how values and beliefs structure the dual processes of provisioning and consuming.