Savage MoneyThis volume is not simply another general theory of world system. It is a theoretically and ethnographically informed collection of essays which opens up new questions through an examination of concrete cases, covering global and local questions of political economy. |
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... bangle retail merchants : average daily sales and profits , February 1983 193 V.2 Glass bangle retail merchants : numbers by caste and gender 196 V.3 Glass bangle wholesaler : effect of credit on sales 200 VIII.1 Impact of higher gold ...
... bangle retail merchants : average daily sales and profits , February 1983 193 V.2 Glass bangle retail merchants : numbers by caste and gender 196 V.3 Glass bangle wholesaler : effect of credit on sales 200 VIII.1 Impact of higher gold ...
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... travel by jeep 186 V.3 Market areas of some glass bangle merchants who travel by public transport 194 V.4 Market areas of two merchants who travel by foot 206 Preface This book has been a long time in the X111 List of Maps.
... travel by jeep 186 V.3 Market areas of some glass bangle merchants who travel by public transport 194 V.4 Market areas of two merchants who travel by foot 206 Preface This book has been a long time in the X111 List of Maps.
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... bangles . This fact can be represented as two equations of the following kind : 1 kg rice Rs 1 = Rs 1 = 6 bangles ( 1 ) ( 2 ) These two equations can be viewed as the premises of a syllogism that implies a quantitative exchange - ratio ...
... bangles . This fact can be represented as two equations of the following kind : 1 kg rice Rs 1 = Rs 1 = 6 bangles ( 1 ) ( 2 ) These two equations can be viewed as the premises of a syllogism that implies a quantitative exchange - ratio ...
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... bangles . If this amount of labour time is , say , six hours , then the heterogenous mix in equation ( 3 ) is made possible by an homogenous equality of the following kind : 6 hours labour embodied in rice = 6 hours labour embodied in ...
... bangles . If this amount of labour time is , say , six hours , then the heterogenous mix in equation ( 3 ) is made possible by an homogenous equality of the following kind : 6 hours labour embodied in rice = 6 hours labour embodied in ...
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Contents
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Beyond Gifts and Commodities | 41 |
Land as the Supreme Good | 71 |
Production of Commodities by Means of Goods | 119 |
Mercantile Kinship | 163 |
Usury Interest and Usance | 211 |
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Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange Chris A. Gregory Limited preview - 1997 |
Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange Chris A. Gregory Limited preview - 1997 |
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