Money matters : instability, values, and social payments in the modern history of West African communities
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Money matters : instability, values, and social payments in the modern history of West African communities
（Social history of Africa）
Heinemann , J. Currey, c1995
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- Heinemann paper
- James Currey cloth
- James Currey paper
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Heinemann cloth ISBN 9780435089559
内容説明
By examining currency and value in African communities, this collection highlights ordinary people's conceptions of money, their innovations in its use, and the interactions between indigenous and international monetary systems. "Money Matters" complements the new history of imperialism, suggests fresh ways of analyzing money in developing areas, and contributes to a new economic anthropology of West Africa.
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Heinemann paper ISBN 9780435089573
内容説明
This collection highlights ordinary people's conceptions of money, their innovations in its use, and the interactions between indigenous and international monetary systems.
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James Currey paper ISBN 9780852556153
内容説明
Examines currency and value in West Africa over the past 100 years. This book contributes to the new history of imperialism and suggests fresh ways of analysing money in those areas of the globe which are outside the centres of financial power. It also provides a contribution to the new economic anthropology of West Africa.
目次
- Introduction: the currency interface and its dynamics, Jane I. Guyer. Part 1 Pre-colonial currency dynamics: Raphia monies among the Teke, Marie-Claude Dupre
- cowries, gold and dollars - exchange rate instability and domestic price inflation in Dahomey, Robin Law. Part 2 Currency revolutions redescribed: the history and the adventures of a monetary object of the Kwele of the Congo, George Dupre
- monetization and the Asante state, Kwame Arhin. Part 3 Colonial situations in long-term perspective: the value of Beti bridewealth, Jane I. Guyer
- currency instability and social payments among the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria 1890-1990, Felicia Ekejiuba
- money and informal credit institutions in colonial Western Nigeria, Toyin Faloa
- changes in marriage and funeral exchanges in Asante, Takyiwana Manuh. Part 4 Long-term themes in present situations: money, self-realization and the person in Yoruba texts, Karin Barber
- the state, the courts and "value" - caught between matrilineages in Ghana, Gwendolyn Mikell
- how Gambians save - culture and economic strategy at an ethnic crossroads, Parker Shipton
- the capitalization of money and credit in the development process in Nigeria, Akin L. Mobogunje. Part 5 Epilogue: stable prices, unstable values - some thoughts on monetization and the meaning of transactions in West African economies, Sara S. Berry.
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James Currey cloth ISBN 9780852556658
内容説明
Examines currency and value in West Africa over the past 100 years. This book contributes to the new history of imperialism and suggests fresh ways of analysing money in those areas of the globe which are outside the centres of financial power. It also provides a contribution to the new economic anthropology of West Africa.
目次
- Introduction: the currency interface and its dynamics, Jane I. Guyer. Part 1 Pre-colonial currency dynamics: Raphia monies among the Teke, Marie-Claude Dupre
- cowries, gold and dollars - exchange rate instability and domestic price inflation in Dahomey, Robin Law. Part 2 Currency revolutions redescribed: the history and the adventures of a monetary object of the Kwele of the Congo, George Dupre
- monetization and the Asante state, Kwame Arhin. Part 3 Colonial situations in long-term perspective: the value of Beti bridewealth, Jane I. Guyer
- currency instability and social payments among the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria 1890-1990, Felicia Ekejiuba
- money and informal credit institutions in colonial Western Nigeria, Toyin Faloa
- changes in marriage and funeral exchanges in Asante, Takyiwana Manuh. Part 4 Long-term themes in present situations: money, self-realization and the person in Yoruba texts, Karin Barber
- the state, the courts and "value" - caught between matrilineages in Ghana, Gwendolyn Mikell
- how Gambians save - culture and economic strategy at an ethnic crossroads, Parker Shipton
- the capitalization of money and credit in the development process in Nigeria, Akin L. Mobogunje. Part 5 Epilogue: stable prices, unstable values - some thoughts on monetization and the meaning of transactions in West African economies, Sara S. Berry.
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