Karl Polanyi - Trade & Market Early Empires 1971 1st Gateway Edition

by Karl Polanyi, Conrad M. Arensberg, Harry W. Pearson

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First edition

Trade and Market in the Early Empires: Economies in History and Theory, edited by Karl Polanyi, Conrad M. Arensberg, and Harry W. Pearson. Henry Regnery Company, 1971, First Gateway Edition. A major interdisciplinary collection in economic anthropology and economic history, examining trade, markets, reciprocity, redistribution, and economic institutions in ancient and preindustrial societies. Building upon Polanyi’s influential critique of applying modern market assumptions universally across history, the essays explore economic organization in societies including Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, and other early civilizations. This copy is in Like New condition with a clean interior, strong binding, and exceptionally well-preserved original purple Gateway wrappers. An especially attractive copy of this important work in economic anthropology, sociology, history, and political economy.

• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Year: 1971
• ISBN: 0895269910
• Condition: Very Good

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