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The social structures of the economy

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In this article, the Foundations of Petit Bourgeois Suffering and the Foundational Principles of an Economic Anthropology are discussed, as well as a contract under duress and the construction of the market.
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Introduction. Part I The House Market. Chapter 1 Dispositions of the Agents and the Structure of the Field of Reproduction. Chapter 2 --The State and the Construction of the Market. Chapter 3 -- The Field of Local Powers. Chapter 4 -- A Contract under Duress. Conclusion -- The Foundations of Petit Bourgeois Suffering. Part II Principles of an Economic Anthropology. Postscript -- From the National to the International Field. Notes. Index.

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