Property relations : renewing the anthropological tradition / edited by C.M. Hann, University of Kent at Canterbury

Hann, C. M.

ISBN 10: 052159636X / ISBN 13: 9780521596367

Published by Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; x, 277 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Property rights. Economic Anthropology. Right of property. Economics; history. Economy; description. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Property relations : renewing the anthropological tradition / edited by C.M. Hann, University of Kent at Canterbury
• Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052159636X
• ISBN 13: 9780521596367
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis

The anthropological tradition approaches property as a "bundle of rights" and property relationships as social relationships. Rejecting both liberal and socialist approaches, which often neglect the wider social and cultural contexts of property, the contributors to this volume renew and extend the anthropological perspective. The ethnographic case studies include accounts of sharing among hunter-gatherers and herders in Africa and "intelligence gathering" among Siberian herders, land appropriation from Native Americans, and problems of ownership and disposal in Melanesia. Other essays cover contemporary property issues in Northern Cyprus, Romania, Britain and Japan.

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