Economic Anthropology

3 credits · Graduate School

(Also listed as ANTH 4153) Modern and postmodern cultural organization of Western and non-Western economies. Cross-cultural comparison of concepts of self-interest and rationality. Relation of the growth of post-industrial (service and information) economies to economic strategies of ethnic groups. Survey of indigenous alternatives to development. Theoretical issues grounded in case studies from our own and other cultures. No credit for students who have earned credit for 4153. [3]