The native world-system : an ethnography of Bolivian Aymara traders in the global economy / Nico Tassi.
Tassi, Nico, author.
2017
F2230.2.A9 T374 2016 (Mapit)
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Title The native world-system : an ethnography of Bolivian Aymara traders in the global economy / Nico Tassi.
Author Tassi, Nico, author.
ISBN 9780190255220 (paperback)
0190255226 (paperback)
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Language English
Description x, 246 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Call Number F2230.2.A9 T374 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 382.089/98324084
Summary "Based on years of fieldwork, this ethnography of the Bolivian Aymara trading system and its networks and economic strategies examines one of the most up-and-coming forms of indigenous entrepreneurship on the American continent, in a region where the indigenous population is still stigmatized for being associated with poverty and backward ways. In doing so, it illuminates a critical dynamic of globalization that is taking place behind the scenes. By analyzing Aymara economic institutions and networks and their concepts and practices of business management, The Native World-System describes a system in which indigenous sociopolitical structures and religious values and beliefs are interwoven with an advanced economic practice, specialized technological know-how, and global networks."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-227) and index.
Series Issues of globalization.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Indigenous institutions regulating 'popular' markets
Kinship networks as chains of supply and distribution
The Chinese connection : an interstitial global economy 'under the radar of the
Law'
Revolving capital : Aymara cosmoeconomics in global trading practices
Individual capital and collective relations in business administration
The economic strategies of the Aymara world-system
The upsurge of Aymara traders : an indigenous project of social affirmation.

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