Placing economies: Lessons from the Inuit about economics, time, and existence

Journal of Cultural Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-38

  Gombay, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

control; economies; indigenous; Inuit; money; phenomenology; place; time

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ECONOMY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84858255782     PISSN: 08873631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08873631.2012.646889     Document Type: Article

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