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Money Matters: Instability, Values and Social Payments in the Modern History of West African Communities - Couverture souple

 
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Synopsis

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. North America: Heinemann

Revue de presse

This book should be in all Africanist libraries. [...] The clear, jargon-free exposition make it accessible to amateurs as well as professionals. --African Affairs

[An] excellent volume. --International Journal Of African Historical Studies

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