“The main strength of the book is its detailed description of interactions with multinational electronics companies who are rendered dependent on the powerful traders of Huyustus … one of the most exciting aspects of this book was that it is based on long-term and multi-site fieldwork.” • Kate Maclean, University College London

“It is a highly interesting book based on a well-researched phenomenon.” • Matías Dewey, University of St. Gallen

Addressing the infrastructural, legal and moral complexities in contemporary world trade, this book uses an ethnographic analysis of the interface of multinational brand manufacturers and popular traders in the Bolivian Andes. It offers a situated account of traders’ understanding of regulatory principles, and traces commercial dynamics beyond the limits of what we define as economic. It aims to humanize our understanding of the economy by grounding it in everyday life and morality.

Series: Volume 11, The Human Economy

Subject: Political and Economic Anthropology Development Studies

Area: Latin America and the Caribbean

BISAC: SOC002010 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Anthropology/Cultural & Social; BUS068000 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Development/Economic Development; PHI005000 PHILOSOPHY/Ethics & Moral Philosophy