ANTH 1756 - ECONOMIC ANTHROPOLOGY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course reviews the development of economic anthropology as a special field of study. Emphasis is placed on economic change and the impact of industrialization on the third world. Ethnographic examples are drawn from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. Topics to be discussed include economic theory in anthropology, exchange and the origin/use of money, the development of wage labor, marketing and commodity production, theories of economic development and underdevelopment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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