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This book addresses a central problem of anthropology: the nature and appropriate analysis of economic life. It consists of a set of detailed and closely related studies of tribal economies: of domestic production for livelihood, and of the submission of domestic production to the material and political demands of society at large. Originally published in 1974.

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""'His book is rich in factual evidence and in ideas.' - E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Times Literary Supplement; 'Sahlins's concept of the 'domestic mode of production' starts to give economic anthropology Its necessary comparative basis. That alone would make the book important.' - Mary Douglas; 'Sahlin's excellent book represents a brilliant extension of the Economic Anthropology established by Mauss.' - David Clarke""

'His book is rich in factual evidence and in ideas.' - E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Times Literary Supplement; 'Sahlins's concept of the 'domestic mode of production' starts to give economic anthropology Its necessary comparative basis. That alone would make the book important.' - Mary Douglas; 'Sahlin's excellent book represents a brilliant extension of the Economic Anthropology established by Mauss.' - David Clarke

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