The Social Meaning of Money – Pin Money, Paychecks, Poor Relief, and Other Currencies - Couverture souple

Zelizer, Viviana A.

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ISBN 10 : 0691048215 ISBN 13 : 9780691048215

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1997

Synopsis

The Social Meaning of Money A dollar is a dollar - or so most of us believe. Indeed, it is part of the ideology of our time that money is a single, impersonal instrument that impoverishes social life by reducing social relations to cold, hard cash. Arguing against this conventional wisdom, this book shows how people have invented their own forms of currency.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A distinguished social scientist shows what money really does for us—and to us. The book describes how people have invented their own forms of currency, earmarking money in ways that baffle market theorists, incorporating funds into webs of friendship and family relations, and otherwise differentiating the process by which spending and saving takes place.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0691048215
• ISBN 13: 9780691048215
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304