Money matters: instability, values, and social payments in the modern history of West African communitiesBy 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 Matterscomplements 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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Wages and agricultural earnings still represent the major sources of income to
the present. Very few rural people are in formal employment, and those few are
more likely to be skilled and professional workers rather than bearers. I limit the ...
Wages and agricultural earnings still represent the major sources of income to
the present. Very few rural people are in formal employment, and those few are
more likely to be skilled and professional workers rather than bearers. I limit the ...
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_L|_Ll, 1 I920 1930 1940 I940 I950 1960 I970 1930 Annual household Income,
point survey data. Dark export crop Income (1920 - 40) cocoa income (1940 - 74)
W Light: other cash income FIGURE 5-2 Bridewealth and Household Income, ...
_L|_Ll, 1 I920 1930 1940 I940 I950 1960 I970 1930 Annual household Income,
point survey data. Dark export crop Income (1920 - 40) cocoa income (1940 - 74)
W Light: other cash income FIGURE 5-2 Bridewealth and Household Income, ...
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Instabilities in incomes led to authoritarian interventions in the bridewealth level
in the first era, and to popular-level postponement of marriage (when incomes fell
) or precipitation (when incomes rose) in the second. In the earlier period of this ...
Instabilities in incomes led to authoritarian interventions in the bridewealth level
in the first era, and to popular-level postponement of marriage (when incomes fell
) or precipitation (when incomes rose) in the second. In the earlier period of this ...
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The Currency Interface and Its Dynamics | 1 |
A Case Study | 8 |
Precolonial Currency Dynamics | 35 |
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Money matters: instability, values, and social payments in the modern history of West African communities Social history of Africa |
| Forfatter | Jane I. Guyer |
| Redaktør | Jane I. Guyer |
| Utgave | illustrert |
| Utgiver | Heinemann, 1995 |
| Original fra | University of California |
| Digitalisert | 20. jul 2011 |
| ISBN | 0435089579, 9780435089573 |
| Lengde | 331 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |