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ANTH 144

Gifts, Markets and Money

Description
Anthropological analysis of exchange systems including gift economies, redistribution, and markets. Ethnographic materials to cover economic anthropology, modes of production, feasting, the history of money, the global market system, "globalization" ideology, the rise of corporations, illicit markets, and alternative economies. Prerequisite: Upper division standing.

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Normal Grade Rules

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3