Wealth and power : survival in a time of global accumulation / Duran Bell.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell, Duran, 1936-
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Altamira Press, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
Wealth > Cross-cultural studies.
Exchange > Cross-cultural studies.
Saving and investment > Cross-cultural studies.
Wealth > Social aspects.
Social structure > Economic aspects.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
Globalization.
Economic anthropology.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:ix, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A time of global accumulation
  • Wealth, power and corporate groups
  • Capitalism and the right to survive
  • Bridewealth and the articulation of wealth
  • Households in service to wealth
  • On the nature of rightful and imposed claims
  • Marriage and legitimacy
  • Rights: the shared and private
  • Charity
  • The logic of reciprocity
  • Guanxi and the law of the village.