| Housework: Craft Production and Domestic Economy in Ancient Mesoamerica Number 19 Edition Contributor(s): Hirth, Kenneth G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 144433669X ISBN-13: 9781444336696 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $29.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Latin America - Mexico |
| Dewey: 972 |
| Series: Apaz - Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (1.35 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Households are, without question, the most important social units in human society. They are interactive social units whose primary concern is the day-to-day well being of their kith and kin. Households reproduce themselves and provide their members with the economic, psychological, and social resources necessary to live their lives. Although households vary enormously in size and organization, they are the fundamental social settings in which families are defined and cultural values are transmitted through a range of domestic activities and rituals. Despite their many functions, it is the range and productivity of their economic activities that determine the success, survival and well being of their members. Households are the primary production and consumption units in society and provide the vehicle through which resources are pooled, stored, and distributed to their members. Survival and reproduction is their business and the work they do determines their success. |
