Capitalism, Primitive and Modern e-bog

The merit of the Tolai case study lies in the fact that "e;the schema of economic growth of small underdeveloped societies,"e; which it represented, "e;when abstracted from its specific background,"e; appeared to be "e;logically likely to fit other similar societies in Melanesia and elsewhere."e; Epstein is especially sensitive to the role of cultural traditions, giving her work importance in the field of economic anthropology. She has taken a substantivist as against a purely formalist view of the processes of economic development.