| Description |
viii, 276 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: money and the morality of exchange / Jonathan Parry and Maurice Bloch -- 2. Misconceiving the grain heap: a critique of the concept of the Indian jajmani system / C. J. Fuller -- 3. On the moral perils of exchange / Jonathan Parry -- 4. Money, men and women / R. L. Stirrat -- 5. Cooking money: gender and the symbolic transformation of means of exchange in a Malay fishing community / Janet Carsten -- 6. Drinking cash: the purification of money through ceremonial exchange in Fiji / C. Toren -- 7. The symbolism of money in Imerina / Maurice Block -- 8. Resistance to the present by the past: mediums and money in Zimbabwe / D. Lan -- 9. Precious metals in the Andean economy / M. J. Sallnow -- 10. The earth and the state: the sources and meanings of money in Northern Potosi, Bolivia / Olivia Harris |
| Analysis |
Monetary systems |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Economic anthropology.
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Exchange -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Money -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Author |
Bloch, Maurice.
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Parry, Jonathan P.
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| LC no. |
88037709 |
| ISBN |
052136597X |
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0521367743 (paperback) |
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