Based on papers originally presented at the decennial conference of the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth, entitle "New directions in social anthropology", held at St. John's College, Oxford July 4-11, 1973.

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"This volume derives mainly from material presented at a conference on economic anthropology sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth and held at ST. Antony's College, University of Oxford, 28-30 June 1965."