Trade, Traders and Trading in Rural Java
by Jennifer AlexanderIn small towns throughout Java, thousands of traders gather twice each week for a few hours of frenetic buying and selling. This important phenomenon of the Javanese rural economy is here examined from various perspectives: as a material exchange of commodities; a social system of traders, credit suppliers, and other market participants; and a structured flow
Overview
In small towns throughout Java, thousands of traders gather twice each week for a few hours of frenetic buying and selling. This important phenomenon of the Javanese rural economy is here examined from various perspectives: as a material exchange of commodities; a social system of traders, credit suppliers, and other market participants; and a structured flow of information that can be analyzed through recent anthropological and economic theories.
Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780195888652
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Publication date:
- 12/03/1987
- Series:
- Southeast Asia Publications Series / Asian Studies Association of Australia , #15
- Pages:
- 240
- Product dimensions:
- 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)
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