Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-227) and index.
Introduction : 'on our own terms' : indigenous traders in the global economy -- Indigenous institutions regulating 'popular' markets -- Kinship networks as chains of supply and distribution -- The Chinese connection : an interstitial global economy 'under the radar of the -- Law' -- Revolving capital : Aymara cosmoeconomics in global trading practices -- Individual capital and collective relations in business administration -- The economic strategies of the Aymara world-system -- The upsurge of Aymara traders : an indigenous project of social affirmation