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“Touching the Tarmac”: Conjuring the Urban Frontier on a Remote Periphery “触摸停机坪”：在遥远的边缘召唤城市边界

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-20 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70057

Peter Lockwood

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Los Manríquez y su empresa criminal Las Mudanzas. Prestigio y consumo de familias que circulan mercancía caliente en el centro de México Manriquez和他们的犯罪公司Las Mudanzas。在墨西哥中部流通热销商品的家庭的声望和消费

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-16 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70049

Marco Antonio Zagal Guzmán

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Collateralization of the Body in the Central Sahara: On Forms and Effects 撒哈拉中部地区身体的抵押品化：论形式与效果

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70052

Moad Musbahi

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Investing Aura: Making Value at an Emirati Art Center 投资光环：在阿联酋艺术中心创造价值

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70056

Beth Derderian

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Sustaining Life Between Popular and Illicit Economies: Introduction to the Special Issue 在流行经济和非法经济之间维持生命：特刊导言

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-09 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70055

Cristina Cielo

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Between Secrecy and Ostentation: Shrines and Rites for the Barbarous Relic 在秘密与炫耀之间：野蛮遗迹的神殿与仪式

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-10-06 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70053

Arnaud Manas

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“For People Like You”: Exploring Deservingness and Entitlement in Middle‐Class Responses to the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit During the COVID ‐19 Pandemic “为了像你这样的人”：探索中产阶级在COVID - 19大流行期间对加拿大应急响应利益的反应中的应得性和权利

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-07-16 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70047

Alexandra Karabatsos

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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland 危机后冰岛债务减免和执行的道德经济

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-06-27 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70045

Timothy Heffernan

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The Power of Money. An Outline of the Origins of Money By HeinrichSchurtz. Translated and Annotated and With an Introduction by EnriqueMartino and MarioSchmidt (eds.), HAU Books, London. 2024. 274 pp. ISBN: 9781914363078 [paperback]; ISBN: 9781914363276 [PDF]; ISBN: 9781914363283 [e‐book]. 金钱的力量。《货币起源概论》作者：海因里希·舒尔茨翻译和注释，并与介绍由恩里克martino和MarioSchmidt（编），HAU图书，伦敦。2024。274页。ISBN: 9781914363078[平装本]；Isbn: 9781914363276 [pdf]；ISBN: 9781914363283 [e‐book]。

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-05-22 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70042

Namita Vijay Dharia

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Prospecting for “Corruption”: Generating Political Value in Contemporary India 寻找“腐败”：当代印度政治价值的产生

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Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.70043

Vijayanka Nair

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