ANTHRO 104 Study Guide - Byth, Firth, Primary School Leaving Examination
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You could buy the mercedes parked outside, but how could you drive it on the land-mined roads under the predatory eyes of soldiers, rebels and bandits wasn"t clear. A mercedes is money in the bank, capable of being sold, bartered, or exchanged for profit or patronage. A frontier (boundary) combines freedom, danger, and profit. This explains why resource-rich countries are 4 times more likely to be engaged in political conflict than more normally endowed states. The political instability of war is a boon (advantage) to commerce lords , legitimate and otherwise. Products produced by resources make it back to frontiers and it"s a flow of tremendous and largely unregulated, proportions. Page 13example of how gems/stones get passed on/traded from one person to another so easily. People who have resources- businesspeople, bosses, bankers =the transport systems, the entryway to resources, the font of communications, the ticket to a brighter future.
