Description: Brings anthropology, psychology and economics together through real examples to explore economic life and the human experience.
Brief description: Charles Stafford is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Fellow of the British Academy. His previous books include The Roads of Chinese Childhood (1995) and Separation and Reunion in Modern China (2000).
Review Quotes: 'The ambitious aim of this short book is to construct a robust framework for analyzing economic practices. Toward that end, Stafford brings together insights developed in the fields of anthropology, economics, and psychology. With examples drawn from long-term fieldwork in rural Taiwan and China, he uses clear, jargon-free prose to sketch a view of 'the economy not only as a domain of logical deliberation but also as one of emotions - and certainly as one of ethics' (p. xii).' Ethnos (Journal of Anthropology)