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Sustainable consumption and everyday food practices in Europe

2026

Part 1. Everyday food practices in 40 European families : about sustainable sayings and doings -- from the Strength2food project -- Part 2. Sustainable gaze to food consumption in households -- Part 3. "Imagine all the people Sharing all the world"- Further thoughts on transition and research...

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Compulsory schooling mitigates health inequality : anthropometric evidence from two centuries of height data

Namubiru, Caroline; Baten, Jörg; Batinti, Alberto; … - 2026

Although compulsory education (CE) laws have widened access to schooling and shaped economic, social, and health outcomes, it remains unclear whether they reduce long-run health inequalities. We study the effect of CE policies on health inequality using height Gini indices for 66 countries...

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The height of Swiss mercenaries, c. 1725 - c. 1865

Chambru, Cédric; Hediger, Simon; Metzler, Jakob; … - 2025

This paper examines the evolution of the biological standard of living using anthropometric data from approximately 22,000 Swiss mercenaries born between c. 1725 and c. 1865. Analyzing mercenary data presents two key challenges: left-truncation due to height requirements and potential selection...

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Surplus approach, Historical Materialism, and precapitalist economies : some open questions

Cesaratto, Sergio - 2025

In the classical economists' surplus approach retrieved by Sraffa (1951; 1960) and Garegnani ([1960] 2024), institutions regulate the material basis of society and, in particular, the extraction and distribution of the social surplus. In this regard, classical theory provides a material anchor,...

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The evolution of sustainability accounting and reporting in the United States : applications of the ecological anthropology and industrial ecology frameworks

Sisaye, Seleshi; Birnberg, Jacob G. - 2025

Purpose - The primary objective of this research is to chronicle how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other United States Federal Government Agencies (USFGA) agencies have played a role in shaping the trajectory of financial reporting for sustainability, with a particular emphasis...

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The cooperative ethos in knowledge creation : how anthropology informs cooperative economics

Carabini, Camilla - 2025

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An anthropological perspective on contextualizing entrepreneurship

Verver, Michiel; Koning, Juliette - 2024

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Gender inequality in a transition economy : heights and sexual height dimorphism in Southwestern France, 1640-1850

Ridolfi, Leonardo - 2024

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Debt and the politics of numbers : hegemonic numbers, political numbers, ordinary numbers

Guérin, Isabelle; Venkatasubramanian, G. - 2024

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Digital payments in China : some questions for a pragmatist anthropology of money

Ortiz, Horacio - 2024

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Examining modern economic anthropology

2026

Examining modern economic anthropology explores how economic activities are influenced by cultural values, social relationships, and historical contexts across different societies. It examines both traditional and modern systems of exchange, production, and consumption to understand the...

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4. Computational anthropology

Breslin, Samantha Dawn; Albris, Kristoffer - 2026

This chapter discusses methods and approaches for pursuing computational anthropology. We discuss how computational methods can be used in anthropological research to provide new approaches to data collection, such as from social media, as well as for new methods of analysis. Using two examples...

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Created to create : entrepreneurial behavior reflecting divine creative patterns

Lee, Taehyun - 2026

This study develops an integrative theoretical framework connecting the Genesis creation narrative with entrepreneurial behavior. It proposes a new perspective that understands entrepreneurship not merely as economic activity, but as an expression of human nature as created in God's image (Imago...

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Rethinking ethical leadership : a philosophical anthropology of moral complexity and organizational power

Francis, Devadoss; Priyadarshini, R. G.; Jena, … - 2026

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Routledge handbook of environmental anthropology

2026 - Second edition

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Beyond the social contract : an anthropology of tax

2023

"Tax and taxation are conventionally understood as the embodiment of social contract. This ground-breaking collection of essays challenges this truism, examining what tax might tell us about the limits of social-contract thinking. The contributors shed light on contemporary fiscal structures and...

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Schools of Athens : surplus approach, Marxism and institutions

Cesaratto, Sergio - 2023

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The Gendered Impacts of Perceived Skin Tone : Evidence from African-American Siblings in 1870–1940

Abramitzky, Ran; Conway, Jacob; Mill, Roy; Stein, Luke - 2023

We study differences in economic outcomes by perceived skin tone among African Americans using full-count U.S. decennial census data from the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Comparing children coded as "Black" or "Mulatto" by census enumerators and linking these children across population...

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The Gendered Impacts of Perceived Skin Tone : Evidence from African-American Siblings in 1870–1940

Abramitzky, Ran; Conway, Jacob; Mill, Roy; Stein, Luke C.D - 2023

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Delving into brand anthropomorphisation strategies in the experiential context of name-brand voice assistants

Vernuccio, Maria; Patrizi, Michela; Pastore, Alberto - 2023

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Cultural Values in Constructing Moral Worlds : Current Debates and Critiques on Moral Anthropology

Yılmaz, Ozan Can - 2023

Cultural anthropology shows a significant interest in the study of morality and ethics with its aim to understand the local contexts and human narratives. Actions and practices pertaining to the domain of morality create not only questions for cultural anthropologists to consider but also...

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Thorstein Veblen, the meaning of work, and its humanization : (remarks upon receipt of the 2023 Veblen-Commons Award)

Wisman, Jon D. - 2023

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The digital turn in business anthropology

Artz, Matt - 2023

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Anthropology and entrepreneurship research : introduction to the themed essays

Liebow, Edward; Sunderland, Patricia L. - 2023

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Bandersnatch and the entrepreneurial imagination : using critical literary methods to illustrate how antenarrative imagination emancipates entrepreneurs from path dependent storytelling

Saylors, Rohny G.; Klopp, Jacob A.; Saylors, Jillian - 2025

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Reflections on the value of anthropology for understanding population processes

Smith, Daniel Jordan - 2025

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Economic Models of Cultural Transmission

Bisin, Alberto; Verdier, Thierry - 2025

In this chapter we survey recent advances in modeling cultural transmission in the economics literature. We first present the basic canonical model of the evolution of cultural traits in the social sciences. Both Economics and Evolutionary anthropology build on this canonical model but their...

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Family businesses and business families in cultural context : interdisciplinary updates for family business research

Köllner, Tobias; Roth, Steffen - 2025

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A VR library for anthropology

Cousins, Thomas - 2025

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From the primitive mentality to the civilization of capitalism : Joseph Schumpeter, reader of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl

Velardo, Tristan - 2025

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2. Social capital and informal economy: an anthropological fieldwork study of a favor bank on a Danish island

Svendsen, Gunnar Lind Haase; Sørensen, Jens Fyhn Lykke; … - 2025

An informal economy consists of economic activities not regulated by the state. Informal economies thrive in developing countries with weak formal institutions. They can, however, also be found in OECD countries, but here they are somewhat understudied. From a social capital perspective, it...

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Leadership Lessons From the Swat Pathans: Anthropology and Global Leadership

Moore, Fiona - 2025

Although there are relatively few works on global leadership in social and cultural anthropology, nonetheless, scholars of global leadership can learn a lot from key works in the discipline. In this chapter, I consider the ways in which anthropologists in the 1950s and 1960s explored the...

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Designing a myoelectric prosthetic arm for trans-radial amputation based on Indonesian anthropometric data

Zuhri, Sarika; Suhendrianto, Suhendrianto; Erwan, Friesca - 2025

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Elgar encyclopedia of economic anthropology

2025 - First edition

"This Encyclopedia presents insights into societal change through the lens of economic anthropology. Interdisciplinary in scope, it outlines emerging themes in the field and explicitly connects theoretical debates to in-depth empirical evidence. Experts in the field provide ethnographic examples...

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Innovation in the anthropological perspective : insights and consequences for the theory, practice, and design of innovating

Gluesing, Julia C.; Miller, Christine; Wild, Helga - 2025

"Innovation is a constant in human life and organization, arising from within a context-based culture of social structures and beliefs. This book re-examines the processes, practices, and mechanisms of innovation from an anthropological perspective, offering a theory of innovation as a dynamic...

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Philosophical foundations of economic reality : anthropological, ethical and metaphysical

Aranzadi del Cerro, Javier - 2025

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Living standards in settler South Africa, 1865-1920

Fourie, Johan; Inwood, Kris E.; Mariotti, Martine - 2022

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Living standards in settler South Africa, 1865-1920

Fourie, Johan; Inwood, Kris E.; Mariotti, Martine - 2022

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On the dynamics of human behavior : the past, present, and future of culture, conflict, and cooperation

Nunn, Nathan - 2022

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On the dynamics of human behavior : the past, present, and future of culture, conflict, and cooperation

Nunn, Nathan - 2022

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Business anthropology, podcasting, and the pandemic

Artz, Matt - 2022

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Creative or coercive? : cities, workspaces, and business anthropology in the near aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic

Wilf, Eitan - 2022

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Introduction: Anthropological Perspectives on Health, Money, Commerce, and Wealth

Wood, Donald C.; Swamy, Raja - 2024

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Homo anthropologicus : a humanistic management perspective

Chanlat, Jean-François - 2024

"Skilfully analysing the challenges posed by management practices to the human condition, Jean-François Chanlat examines the sociological evolution of modern management. This book acts as a crucial pedagogical guide to the history and essence of managerial operations. This book presents a...

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Toward the anthropology of general education : a Thailand experience

Siriporn Somboonboorana - 2024

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You are what your parents expect : height and local reference points

Wang, Fan; Puentes, Esteban; Behrman, Jere R.; Cunha, … - 2024

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Quinine's remains : empire's medicine and the life thereafter

Middleton, Townsend - 2024

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. What happens after colonial industries have run their course-after the factory closes and the fields go fallow? Set in the...

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Business anthropology : the basics

Malefyt, Timothy de Waal - 2024

"Business Anthropology: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introductory text organized around key issues in the field. It introduces readers to the application of anthropological theory and practice to real world examples in industry and will assist students in developing awareness, skill,...

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Business anthropology : the basics

Malefyt, Timothy de Waal - 2024

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Movies

Michalopulos, Stelios; Rauh, Christopher - 2024

Why are certain movies more successful in some markets than others? Are the entertainment products we consume reflective of our core values and beliefs? These questions drive our investigation into the relationship between a society's oral tradition and the financial success of films. We combine...

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Strategizing in the Polish furniture industry

Bednarz-Łuczewska, Paulina - 2024

The Element provides a broad overview of the Polish furniture industry. It tells the story of a sector that grew from a bundle of craftsmen into Europe's largest and the world's second-largest furniture exporter within three decades. This is also the story of a sector marked by a subordinate...

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The global life of mines : mining and post-mining in comparative perspective

2024 - First edition

"Resource extraction exists in diverse settings across the world and is carried out through different practices. The Global Life of Mines provides a comprehensive framework examining the spatial and temporal relationships between mining and postmining as interrelated and coexisting features...

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COVID-19 and platform work in Germany : lessons for the new normal

Herzog, Lorena; Cooiman, Franziska; Gerber, Christine; … - 2024

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Chapter 4. The World Bank and Anthropology: conflict and cooperation

Hitchcock, Robert K. - 2024

This chapter addresses the roles of anthropologists and anthropology in the World Bank. The Bank only began employing anthropologists as staff members in the 1970s. Prior to that, anthropologists, particularly cultural anthropologists or ethnographers, were utilized largely on an ad hoc basis in...

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