Marginal gains monetary transactions in Atlantic Africa / Jane I. Guyer ; with a foreword by Anthony T. Carter.

Author/creator Guyer, Jane I.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Descriptionxvii, 207 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesLewis Henry Morgan lectures ; 1997
Lewis Henry Morgan lectures 1997. ^A149899
Contents Diversity, bewilderment, and the multiplicity of African money -- Conversions: asymmetrical transactions -- Scales and tropes -- Calculation: number and asymmetry -- Rank: people and money -- Quality: commodities and price -- Performances and repertoires -- Volatility: a performance in modern Nigeria -- Institutions: repertoires of financial option -- Balances: household budgets in a Ghanaian study -- Conclusions and directions -- Formalities: fixing debt and delay -- Bewilderment revisited.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
LCCN 2003014267
ISBN0226311155 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226311163 (pbk : alk. paper)

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