Work in Non-Market and Transitional Societies: (SUNY series in the Anthropology of Work)

In industrialized cultures, what we do to earn a living is usually divorced from what we do the rest of the time. This contrasts with non-market cultures, where work is an intimate part of life. People of such cultures perceive a unity between hunting and raising a family, between making pots and training children, between the building of houses and the practice of religion. Often there is no separate word for work because work is such an all-encompassing activity. Work in Non-Market and Transitional Societies is an overview of the organization of work in diverse societies, the division of labor, the notions of time that affect work and working, and the kinds of adaptations people make when transplanted from one society to another. The groundbreaking study encompasses pre-industrial and non-market societies as well as cultures in the process of change and modernization. This double focus provides an unusual and stimulating perspective for both anthropology and the social sciences. This book features a broad theoretical introduction, delineating the major issues and aspects of investigation in this field. It then presents twenty essays that show how work is carried on by women and men in varied societies and cultures. The authors provide guidelines for understanding the different value systems and discuss why each approach to work is appropriate in its specific societal structure.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Theoretical Introduction Herbert Applebaum I Introduction: Theory and the Anthropology of Work 1. The Anthropology of Work June Nash 2. Considerations for an Anthropology of Work Frederick C. Gamst Section 1: Non-Market Cultures II Introduction: Non-Market Cultures: Work among Hunters and Gatherers 3. Hunting among the !Kung San Richard B. Lee 4. Women's and Men's Work among the Cheyennes E. Adamson Hoebel 5. Coping with Abundance: Subsistence on the Northwest Coast Wayne Suttles III Introduction: Non-Market Cultures: Work in Pastoralist Societies 6. The Nuer: Interest in Cattle E.E. Evans-Pritchard 7. The Gadulia Lohars: Nomadism and Blacksmithy P.K. Misra 8. Independence among Pastoralists Walter Goldschmidt 9. Organization of Work in Herding Teams on the Great Hungarian Plain Lajos Vincze IV Introduction: Non-Market Cultures: Work among Cultivators and Gardeners in Villages 10. Trobriand Gardeners and Their Magic Bronislaw Malinowski 11. Work Patterns in a Mayo Village Charles J. Erasmus 12. Organization of Labor among the Kapauku Leopold Popisil 13. Organization of Work among the New Zealand Maori Raymond Firth V Introduction: Non-Market Cultures: Work and Attitudes Toward Time 14. The Use of Time Beate R. Salz 15. Time Allocation in a Machiguenga Community Allen Johnson Section 2: Mixed Cultures VI Introduction: Mixed Cultures: A Clash of Work Values 16. Money Work, Fast Money and Prize Money: Aspects of the Tahitian Labor Commitment Ben Finney 17. Industrial Employment of Rural Indigenes: The Case of Canada Charles W. Hobart 18. The Personal Adjustment of Navajo Indian Migrants to Denver, Colorado Theodore D. Graves 19. Papago Indians at Work Jack O. Waddell VII Introduction: Mixed Cultures: Cultural Adaptation and Change 20. Energy Development on Alaska's North Slope: Effects on the Inupiat Population John A. Kruse, Judith Kleinfeld and Robert Travis 21. Problems of Management and Authority in a Transitional Society: A Case Study of a Javanese Factory Ann Ruth Willner 22. Household Economy during the Peasant-to-Worker Transition in the Swiss Alps Wanda Minge-Kalman Bibliography Index