| Description |
x, 277 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: the embeddedness of property / C. M. Hann -- 2. 'Sharing is not a form of exchange': an analysis of property-sharing in immediate-return hunter-gatherer societies / James Woodburn -- 3. Property as a way of knowing on Evenki lands in Arctic Siberia / David G. Anderson -- 4. Property and social relations in Melanesian anthropology / James G. Carrier -- 5. The mystery of property: inheritance and industrialization in England and Japan / Alan Macfarlane -- 6. An unsettled frontier: property, blood and US federal policy / Paula L. Wagoner -- 7. Property values: ownership, legitimacy and land markets in Northern Cyprus / Julie Scott -- 8. Property and power in Transylvania's decollectivization / Katherine Verdery -- 9. Property rights, regulation and environmental protection: some Anglo-Romanian contrasts / William Howarth -- 10. Dowry and the rights of women to property / Jack Goody -- 11. Divisions of interest and languages of ownership / Marilyn Strathern |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic anthropology.
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Property.
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Right of property.
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| Author |
Hann, C. M., 1953-
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| LC no. |
97035811 |
| ISBN |
0521593891 (hb) |
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052159636X (paperback) |
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