Download or read book A Handbook of Economic Anthropology written by James G. Carrier and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, anthropologists have studied the economic lives and institutions of people around the world. The results of their research and reflection on economy have generally stayed within the discipline and have not been made available to a broader readership. This book is intended to correct this.