ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Multiple Choice, Nationstates, Lauren Berlant
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Exam will be similar in format to the mid-term (but twice as long) with 3 sections: multiple choice, short answer, essay. Multiple choice will focus on the second half of term, short answer and essays may span the entire semester. Lee cronk on reciprocity and the power of giving. Draws upon franz boas" documentation of kwakiutl" gift giving to highlight the power of gifts to create obligations" (c&c p. 114) Potlatching became a substitute for battle: we do not fight now with weapons: we fight with property (c&c p. 114) Unequal relations of power between nation-states is one element of the contemporary global economic system , or world market economy . Field site: nabua aka the town of dollars. 1901 beginning of recruitment to the u. s. navy. Remittances comprise 8. 4 of gross domestic product. Unemployment rate more than 10%; underemployment rate more than 30% Only 37% of land used for agriculture.
