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Visiting Trade Institutions 1
Author(s) -
HEIDER KARL G.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1969.71.3.02a00050
Subject(s) - fur trade , social institution , sociology , interpersonal ties , business , profit (economics) , economics , social science , international trade , microeconomics
In general, as social distance between individuals within a society increases, transactions become more impersonal and more concerned with immediate profit. However, some kinds of transactions between societies are embedded in institutional contexts called visiting trade institutions, which include elements usually characteristic of the most intimate within‐society relationships, such as pseudo‐kin ties (e.g., trading partnerships), gift‐giving, and other ceremonies.