Marginal Gains: Monetary Transactions in Atlantic Africa

by Jane I. Guyer

Book Overview

In America, almost all the money in circulation passes through financial institutions every day. But in Nigeria's "cash and carry" system, 90 percent of the currency never comes back to a bank after it's issued. What happens when two such radically different economies meet and mingle, as they have for centuries in Atlantic Africa?

The answer is a rich diversity of economic practices responsive to both local and global circumstances. In Marginal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226311163
• ISBN13: 9780226311166
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"