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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Viviana A. ZelizerPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780691158105ISBN 10: 069115810 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 24 March 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews[T]his collection is an excellent introduction to, and summary of, [Zelizer's] impressive oeuvre, and makes a strong case for economists studying transactions within their cultural context. -- Natalie Gold Times Higher Education As a compilation of three decades of Zelizer's contributions to economic sociology, the book will help economists and sociologists see how the discipline has evolved over the years. For other readers, the book is a fascinating introduction to the subject. -- Karunesh Tuli Foreword Immensely interesting and thought-provoking--especially for academic collections and for fans of the Freakanomics series looking for meatier fare. Library Journal Economic Lives reveals ... Zelizer's brilliant craftsmanship in knitting together innovative narratives about the ceaseless interplay between money and social relations, means and meaning, objective and subjective, material and symbolic... [H]er work still reigns supreme in the description and analysis of the careful economic strategies individuals anxiously deploy to find meaning and a moral ground. -- Marion Fourcade Sociological Forum [T]his collection is an excellent introduction to, and summary of, [Zelizer's] impressive oeuvre, and makes a strong case for economists studying transactions within their cultural context. --Natalie Gold, Times Higher Education As a compilation of three decades of Zelizer's contributions to economic sociology, the book will help economists and sociologists see how the discipline has evolved over the years. For other readers, the book is a fascinating introduction to the subject. --Karunesh Tuli, Foreword Reviews Immensely interesting and thought-provoking--especially for academic collections and for fans of the Freakanomics series looking for meatier fare. --Library Journal Economic Lives reveals ... Zelizer's brilliant craftsmanship in knitting together innovative narratives about the ceaseless interplay between money and social relations, means and meaning, objective and subjective, material and symbolic... [H]er work still reigns supreme in the description and analysis of the careful economic strategies individuals anxiously deploy to find meaning and a moral ground. --Marion Fourcade, Sociological Forum [T]his collection is an excellent introduction to, and summary of, [Zelizer's] impressive oeuvre, and makes a strong case for economists studying transactions within their cultural context. -- Natalie Gold Times Higher Education As a compilation of three decades of Zelizer's contributions to economic sociology, the book will help economists and sociologists see how the discipline has evolved over the years. For other readers, the book is a fascinating introduction to the subject. -- Karunesh Tuli Foreword Reviews Immensely interesting and thought-provoking--especially for academic collections and for fans of the Freakanomics series looking for meatier fare. Library Journal Economic Lives reveals ... Zelizer's brilliant craftsmanship in knitting together innovative narratives about the ceaseless interplay between money and social relations, means and meaning, objective and subjective, material and symbolic... [H]er work still reigns supreme in the description and analysis of the careful economic strategies individuals anxiously deploy to find meaning and a moral ground. -- Marion Fourcade Sociological Forum """[T]his collection is an excellent introduction to, and summary of, [Zelizer's] impressive oeuvre, and makes a strong case for economists studying transactions within their cultural context.""--Natalie Gold, Times Higher Education ""As a compilation of three decades of Zelizer's contributions to economic sociology, the book will help economists and sociologists see how the discipline has evolved over the years. For other readers, the book is a fascinating introduction to the subject.""--Karunesh Tuli, Foreword Reviews ""Immensely interesting and thought-provoking--especially for academic collections and for fans of the Freakanomics series looking for meatier fare.""--Library Journal ""Economic Lives reveals ... Zelizer's brilliant craftsmanship in knitting together innovative narratives about the ceaseless interplay between money and social relations, means and meaning, objective and subjective, material and symbolic... [H]er work still reigns supreme in the description and analysis of the careful economic strategies individuals anxiously deploy to find meaning and a moral ground.""--Marion Fourcade, Sociological Forum" Author InformationViviana A. Zelizer is the Lloyd Cotsen '50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. She is the author of The Purchase of Intimacy, The Social Meaning of Money, Pricing the Priceless Child (all Princeton), and Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |