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Maximization Theories and the Study of Economic Anthropology 1

1962; Wiley; Volume: 64; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/aa.1962.64.4.02a00090

1548-1433

Robbins Burling,

Attention Economy in Education and Business

American AnthropologistVolume 64, Issue 4 p. 802-821 Maximization Theories and the Study of Economic Anthropology1 ROBBINS BURLING, ROBBINS BURLING University of PennsylvaniaSearch for more papers by this author ROBBINS BURLING, ROBBINS BURLING University of PennsylvaniaSearch for more papers by this author First published: August 1962 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1962.64.4.02a00090Citations: 58 1 This paper is the product of several frustrating attempts to teach a course with the title "Primitive Economics" and to decide what in the world that meant. My students deserve my thanks and apologies for letting me try out various ideas on them. I am also indebted to Edward B. Harper of Bryn Mawr College for suggestions and criticiams. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References Cited Bohannan, Paul 1955 Some principles of exchange and investment among the Tiv. American Anthropologist 57: 60–70. Dalton, George 1961 Economic theory and primitive society. American Anthropologist 63: 1–25. Fairchild, F. R., E. S. Furniss, and N. S. Buck 1936 Elementary economics. New York, Macmillan. 3rd edition. Firth, Raymond 1946 Malay fishermen: their peasant economy. London. Firth, Raymond 1959 Economics of the New Zealand Maori. R. E. Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand. Freud, Sigmund 1925 Formulations regarding the two principles in mental functioning. Collected Papers. Vol. 4, pp, 13–21. Gray, Robert F. 1960 Sonjo bride-price and the question of African "wife purchase." American Anthropologist 62: 34–57. Herskovits, Melville J. 1952 Economic anthropology. New York, Alfred Knopf. Homans, George C. 1958 Social behavior as exchange. American Journal of Sociology 63: 597–606. Kluckhohn, Clyde 1950 Review of Human behavior and the principle of least effort, by G. K. Zipf. American Anthropologist 52: 268–70. Knight, Frank H. 1951 The economic organization. New York, Augustus M. Kelley. Knight, Frank H. 1952 Anthropology and economics. In Economic anthropology, by Melville Herskovits. New York, Knopf. Lasswell, Harold 1948 Power and personality. New York, W. W. Norton. Leach, E. R. 1954 Political systems of highland Burma. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press. Karl Polanyi, Conrad M. Arensberg and Harry W. Pearson, (eds.) 1957 Trade and market in the early empires. Glencoe, The Free Press. Robbins, Lionel 1935 An essay on the nature and significance of economic science. 2nd edition. London, Macmillan. Tax, Sol 1953 Penny capitalism: a Guatemalan Indian economy. Smithsonian Institution. Institute of Social Anthropology, Pub. No. 16. Washington. Zipf, George Kingsley 1949 Human behavior and the principle of least effort. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley. Citing Literature Volume64, Issue4August 1962Pages 802-821 ReferencesRelatedInformation