This volume develops the concept of intimate economies by showing how contemporary historical archaeologists apply the perspective to their research. The chapters in this volume address intimate economies across multiple historical contexts, and through various case studies provide the reader...

The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground. What is money, and how do we make sense of it? Money Talks is the first book to offer a wide range of alternative and...

"This volume presents a global range of ethnographic case studies to explore the ways in which - in the context of the restructuring of industrial work, the ongoing financial crisis, and the surge in unemployment and precarious employment - local and global actors engage with complex social...

Measuring social norms and preferences using experimental games : a guide for social scientists / Colin F. Camerer and Ernst Fehr -- Coalitional effects on reciprocal fairness in the ultimatum game : a case from the Ecuadorian Amazon / John Q. Patton -- Comparative experimental evidence from...