Trade and Market in the Early Empires

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academic work book work of economic anthropology

Trade and Market in the Early Empires is a seminal work of economic anthropology that examines how trade and market systems functioned within ancient civilizations and challenges modern assumptions about the universality of market economies.

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instanceOf	academic work ⓘ book ⓘ work of economic anthropology ⓘ
addresses	modern assumptions about market universality ⓘ the diversity of economic arrangements in history ⓘ
argument	argues that ancient economies were embedded in social and political institutions ⓘ challenges the universality of market economies ⓘ questions the applicability of modern neoclassical economic models to ancient societies ⓘ
concerns	organization of production and distribution in early states ⓘ the limits of price-making markets in ancient societies ⓘ the role of social obligations in exchange ⓘ
contribution	helped establish the substantivist–formalist debate in economic anthropology ⓘ provided a framework for analyzing non-capitalist economies ⓘ
describedAs	classic study of ancient trade and markets ⓘ seminal work of economic anthropology ⓘ
examines	institutional frameworks of ancient economies ⓘ market systems in early empires ⓘ the relationship between political power and economic exchange ⓘ trade systems in early empires ⓘ
field	anthropology ⓘ economic anthropology ⓘ economic history ⓘ
focusesOn	differences between market and non-market forms of exchange ⓘ how trade functioned in early empires ⓘ institutional control of long-distance trade ⓘ the role of states and temples in organizing exchange ⓘ
influenced	comparative studies of ancient economies ⓘ economic anthropology ⓘ historical sociology of markets ⓘ
mainSubject	ancient civilizations ⓘ economic systems ⓘ market exchange ⓘ markets ⓘ reciprocity ⓘ redistribution ⓘ trade ⓘ
perspective	anthropological ⓘ comparative ⓘ historical ⓘ
theoreticalFocus	embeddedness of the economy in society ⓘ substantivist economics ⓘ
typeOfWork	interdisciplinary study ⓘ

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