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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... standard of value that is convertible into gold at a fixed rate ; in other words , the creation of token money that ... value are , of course , the standards of the dominant imperial power and when this political power begins to wane so ...
... standard of value that is convertible into gold at a fixed rate ; in other words , the creation of token money that ... value are , of course , the standards of the dominant imperial power and when this political power begins to wane so ...
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... value of gold , the supreme commodity from the beginning of commercial time , been able to vary freely on the world ... values of the free market are celebrated as never before . They have become the standard by which all others are ...
... value of gold , the supreme commodity from the beginning of commercial time , been able to vary freely on the world ... values of the free market are celebrated as never before . They have become the standard by which all others are ...
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... value because to define money in one way or other is always to adopt a standard of value of some sort . But how many standards of value are there ? How are they related ? What are the political implications of rival conceptions ? My aim ...
... value because to define money in one way or other is always to adopt a standard of value of some sort . But how many standards of value are there ? How are they related ? What are the political implications of rival conceptions ? My aim ...
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C.A. Gregory. Approaching the question of value in this way has its problems but these are not those in which the old ... standard ' , the idea that you Take profits from the Other14 not thy Brother ... values is a matter THE VALUE QUESTION 7.
C.A. Gregory. Approaching the question of value in this way has its problems but these are not those in which the old ... standard ' , the idea that you Take profits from the Other14 not thy Brother ... values is a matter THE VALUE QUESTION 7.
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... standard by which others are judged— always negatively of course . They are so ignorant of alternative values that ... value theory rather than culture theory , it remains for me to define the term value in a little more detail as a ...
... standard by which others are judged— always negatively of course . They are so ignorant of alternative values that ... value theory rather than culture theory , it remains for me to define the term value in a little more detail as a ...
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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