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Download or read book Values and Valuables written by Cynthia Ann Werner and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2004 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of distinguished anthropologists and economists discuss the value attached to material objects by different cultures. The authors consider the sacred nature of objects that are exchanged between individuals, the value and power of markets, money, and credit, and the ways in which contemporary people bestow symbolic value on objects or individuals. With its emphasis on the interplay of cultural and economic values, this volume will be a great resource for economists and economic anthropologists.