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| The study of how resources are produxed, distriduted and consumed. |
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| A afor of economic exhange in which goods (and services) and the disributed back to the donors. |
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- Second key dimension
- Defibition: A proccess whereby goods are obtained from the natural environment and altered to become consumable goods.
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- Sex or gender
- Defintion of gender: way members of the two sexes are perceived, evaluated, and expected to behave.
- Age
- Labor specialization
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| The practice of giving a gift with an expected return, but neither the value of the gift nor the time of repayment. |
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| A form of economic exchange between individuals who try to take advantage of each other. (like the English and the Indains) |
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| Economic anthropologists that believe the classical, WEstern approach to economic principles cannot be applied to nonindustrialized cultures |
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| Economic anthropologists suggest the ideas of western economics can be applied to any economic situation. |
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- In most non-inustrailized societes the basic unit of production is the household
- Household: A basic residential unit in which economic production , consumption, inheritance, child-rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out.
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| The practice of giving with the expectation that similar gift will give in the opposite direction either immediately or after a limited period of time. ( you can have a time frame and a agreed vaule of the return) |
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- A mode of distribution characterized by the exchange of goods and services that have approximately (the vakues are the exact same) equal value among parties.
- Three kinds
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- Balanced
- Negative
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- Tends to be less personal that reciprocity or redistribution
- Predominately economic in nature
- More likely in sedentary societies which produce large surpluses and have a complex division of labor
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