Are Mixed Economies Persistent or Transitional? Evidence Using Social Networks from Arctic Alaska

American Anthropologist

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 121-129

  Burnsilver, Shauna ^a   Magdanz, James ^b   Stotts, Rhian ^a   Berman, Matthew ^c   Kofinas, Gary ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cash economy; Mixed economies; Social networks; Subsistence hunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962169542     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aman.12447     Document Type: Article

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