Money and modernity : state and local currencies in Melanesia
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Money and modernity : state and local currencies in Melanesia
（ASAO monograph, 17）
University of Pittsburgh Press, c1999
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
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Papers presented at a session during the 1996 meetings of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, in Kona, Hawaii
Bibliography: p. 255-272
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
While modern money issued by the state has been accepted throughout Melanesia, many indigenous currencies, such as shells, survive. Why? This collection of essays explores money and its social dynamic in eight different Melanesian communities.
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