Raymond Firth

Basil S. Yamey

Raymond William Firth

Contemporary problems of economic and social change have obliged social scientists from different fields to learn much about each others' work as well as about the specific problems they are together seeking to solve. The bearing of economic conditions on the character of a social system has become more apparent to anthropologists, and, similarly, economists have become more aware of the relevance of social factors to economic decisions. This pioneering book is at the point of contact between these two disciplines, presenting detailed studies from many societies of the interaction between social and economic relationships. The studies in this volume--all by social anthropologists --focus on the formation and management of capital, since this process is central to the economic functioning and growth of all societies. With this central theme, the essays cover a very wide geographic range and an equally wide range of social and economic structures. The book begins with an essay by Firth, who provides an extended outline discussion of the main problems and issues to be covered, and ends with an essay by Yamey, who provides summarizing comments and queries. The volume will be especially useful to those concerned with the problems and prospects of economic and social change in underdeveloped areas, in addition to economists and anthropologists concerned with what each can learn from the other. Raymond Firth (1901-2002) was professor at the London School of Economics. His best-known research was on people of the Southeastern most part of Asia as well as Oceania. He was an honorary fellow at the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. B.S. Yamey is professor emeritus in the department of economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also an honorary fellow at the university.

Capital, Saving and Credit in Peasant Societies

The Economics of Resale Price Maintenance

Ananias Charles Littleton

Studies in the History of Accounting

Robert Henry Parker

In recent years there has been increasing interest in the history and development of accounting practices. Accounting records are an important source of historical data, and they can also provide evidence of varied organizational structures and systems of management control. Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica (1494), this volume brings together work by leading British scholars in the field and is an important contribution to accounting scholarship.

Some British Contributions

Accounting History

Basil S. Yamey

Books

Your next favorite book is out there