Economic Anthropology : a guide to library resources
Contents:
Starting Points
When you need to define your topic and/or get some background reading try consulting an economics dictionary - those in electronic format are linked here
The guide to Anthropology dictionaries/encyclopedias will help if you need explanations of anthropological terminology or theory.
To find overviews on the subject try the following:
- Anthropology and institutional economics (1994) [print]
[Anthropologists assess the degree to which the ideas of institutional economics can be applied to societies in the Third World]
Anthropology of economy : community, market, and culture (2001) [print]
[One response of Anthropology to contemporary local & global economics. A book review is linked here]
- Consumption and commodities (1995) [electronic]
[A review of the study of consumption & commodities. Published in vol. 24 of the Annual Review of Anthropology. Also available in print format]
Culture and development (2005) [electronic]
[Papers presented at a workshop at the ANU in 2002. Published in vol.6.2 of the Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology. Also available in print format]
Culture and public action (2004) [print]
[Examines the relationship between culture and economics, and the design and implementation of development policy. A book review is linked here]
- Economic development: an anthropological approach (2002) [print]
[Provides anthropological analyses on the theory and practice of development]
- Economies and cultures : foundations of economic anthropology (2nd edition, 2007) [print] [Traces the dialogue between anthropology and economics. A book review to the 1st edition (1996) is linked here]
- Handbook of economic anthropology (2005) [print]
[Contains discussions of work on economic processes and issues, and on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life. A book review is linked here]
- New directions in economic anthropology (1997) [print]
[Introductory text which provides a background to the main themes in economic anthropology. A book review is linked here]
Stone Age economics (1972) [print]
[Marshall Sahlin's classic of economic anthropology. A book review is linked here]
Finding Books Using The Library Catalogue
Books can be found by searching the library catalogue. Keyword searching is probably the best way of identifying material, and your results will be maximised by using keyword searching techniques such as truncation and Boolean searching, and by incorporating subject headings into your search where appropriate. Here are some examples on how to construct searches:
- "economic anthropology"
- "economic anthropology and development
- "consumer culture"
- consumption and "social aspects"
- globalization and (anthropol? or ethnograph?)
Finding Journal Articles Using Databases & Bibliographies
Journal articles can be found through databases listed in the Databases for Anthropology guide - Academic OneFile, Academic Search Premier and Anthropology Plus are probably the best starting points.
In addition, there are bibliographies of books & journal articles in the library which are probably most useful for identifying earlier material.
Web Resources
Society for Economic Anthropology
[The SEA is a group of anthropologists, economists and other scholars who are interested in the connections between economics and social life]
Last update: 4 June 2009 Helen Attar
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