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This volume focuses on the anthropological concept of trade as a fundamentally social activity concerned not only with the movement of goods, but also on the social context and consequences of that exchange. The distinguished contributors discuss trade on a range of scales-from a solitary confinement cell to trans-oceanic networks-in settings around the world and over the past 3000 years. They address themes such as exchange as a communicative act, the ways in which exchange transforms the relationship between people and things, the significance of agency and power in contexts of trade, and ho

Commerce - Social aspects. --- Commerce -- Social aspects. --- Exchange - Social aspects. --- Exchange -- Social aspects. --- Material culture - Social aspects. --- Material culture -- Social aspects. --- Social archaeology. --- Social archaeology --- Commerce --- Exchange --- Material culture --- History & Archaeology --- Archaeology --- Social aspects --- Social aspects. --- Trade --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Economic anthropology --- Economics --- Supply and demand --- Business --- Transportation --- Methodology --- Traffic (Commerce) --- Merchants