Bibliograph

The native world-system, an ethnography of Bolivian Aymara traders in the global economy, Nico Tassi

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The native world-system, an ethnography of Bolivian Aymara traders in the global economy, Nico Tassi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The native world-system

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Nico Tassi

Series statement

Issues of globalization : case studies in contemporary anthropology

Sub title

an ethnography of Bolivian Aymara traders in the global economy

Table Of Contents

Introduction : 'on our own terms' : indigenous traders in the global economy -- Indigenous institutions regulating 'popular' markets -- Kinship networks as chains of supply and distribution -- The Chinese connection : an interstitial global economy 'under the radar of the law' -- Revolving capital : Aymara cosmoeconomics in global trading practices -- Individual capital and collective relations in business administration -- Economic strategies of the Aymara world-system -- The upsurge of Aymara traders : an indigenous project of social affirmation -- Conclusions

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