Christopher A. Gregory’s Gifts and commodities is one of the undisputed classics of economic anthropology. On its publication in 1982, it spurred intense, ongoing debates about gifts and gifting, value, exchange, and the place of political economy in anthropology. Gifts and commodities is, at once, a critique of neoclassical economics and development theory, a critical history ...(展开全部)

Badger is so old that he knows he will soon die. He tries to prepare his friends for this event, but he does die, they are still grief-stricken. Gradually they come to terms with their grief by remembering all the practical things Badger taught them, and so Badger lives on in his friends’ memories of him.

罗伯特·麦克法伦（Robert Macfarlane，1976— ） 剑桥院士，他的研究和写作领域侧重于自然与文学的关系、二战之后的英美小说、当代诗歌和维多利亚时期文学等等。 他的“行走文学三部曲”展现了当代旅行写作新的走向和所能达到的高度。其中首部《心事如山》获得了“卫报首作奖”、“泰晤士报年度最佳青年作家奖”和“萨默赛特·毛姆奖”；第二部作品《荒野之境》获得或被提名有将近十个奖项，由BBC制成纪录片。《古道》2012年出版，广受好评，不断出现在各种“年度好书”的推介中，获得“塞缪尔·约翰逊奖”提名。2013年他受邀担任布克奖评委会主席，成为布克奖史上最年轻的评委会主席。 麦克法伦的散文机智博雅，精巧而不晦涩，《格兰塔》前主编弗里曼称他为当代最好的行走文学作家。

The last few years have been a watershed for the commodities, cash and derivatives industry. New regulations and products have led to an explosion in the commodities markets, creating a new asset for investors that includes hedge funds as well as University endowments, and has resulted in a spectacular growth in spot and derivative trading. This book covers hard and soft ...(展开全部)

The last few years have been a watershed for the commodities, cash and derivatives industry. New regulations and products have led to an explosion in the commodities markets, creating a new asset for investors that includes hedge funds as well as University endowments, and has resulted in a spectacular growth in spot and derivative trading. This book covers hard and soft ...(展开全部)

Chinese merchants have traded with Southeast Asia for centuries, sojourning and sometimes settling, during their voyages. These ventures have taken place by land and by sea, over mountains and across deserts, linking China with vast stretches of Southeast Asia in a broad, mercantile embrace. Chinese Circulations provides an unprecedented overview of this trade, its scope, diver...(展开全部)

In The Intelligent Forex Investor: World Currency and World Commodities, Graham offers a more global analysis of the systems that could reduce dangerous cycles of price instability in order to achieve stability in a postwar economy. Graham, in an astonishing display of foresight, shows how commodity reserves should play an important part in any economic policy.Throughout the bo...(展开全部)

This reissued investment classic by financial guru Benjamin Graham expounds on the theories presented in the author's previous masterpiece, "Storage and Stability," offering a more global focus on the subject of stockpiling raw materials as a means of achieving expansion and stability in a postwar economy. Graham maintains that stabilization of commodities offers a comparativel...(展开全部)