On the measure of income and the economic unimportance of social capital: Evidence from a native amazonian society of farmers and foragers

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-260

  Godoy, Ricardo ^a   Reyes Garcia, Victoria ^a   Huanca, Tomás ^a   Leonard, William R ^b   McDade, Thomas ^b   Tanner, Susan ^c   Seyfried, Craig ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Autarky; Bolivia; Foragers; Horticulturalist; Income; Insurance; Tsimane'

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548340702     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3998/jar.0521004.0063.207     Document Type: Article

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