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Patch-work: The economic and moral complementarity of informal entrepreneurs' multiple projects in Congo-Brazzaville 零工:刚果-布拉柴维尔非正规企业家多个项目的经济和道德互补性

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-10-11 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12268

Rundong Ning

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Missionary, citizen, and consumer: Evangelical American child sponsorship and humanitarian marketing in the 1950s and 1960s 传教士、公民和消费者：20世纪50年代和60年代的福音派美国儿童赞助和人道主义营销

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-10-11 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12267

Kari B. Henquinet

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Who are neorurals? or, How capitalist time discipline dilutes political projects and makes it difficult to propose an alternative 谁是新农村人？或者，资本主义的时间纪律如何稀释政治项目，并使其难以提出替代方案

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12258

Ieva Snikersproge

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From money to culture: The practical indeterminacy of Bitcoin's values and temporalities 从金钱到文化:比特币价值和时间性的实际不确定性

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12257

Yura Yokoyama

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Usurious strangers and “a better tomorrow”: Agricultural loans, education, and the “poverty trap” in rural Sierra Leone 素不相识的陌生人和“美好的明天”：农业贷款、教育和塞拉利昂农村的“贫困陷阱”

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-07-13 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12256

Catherine E. Bolten, Richard “Drew” Marcantonio

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Mirabel Airport: In the name of development, modernity, and Canadian unity 米拉贝尔机场:以发展、现代化和加拿大统一的名义

IF 0.9 4区社会学

Economic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-04-14 DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12252

Éric Gagnon Poulin

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