Money And Modernity: State and Local Currencies in Melanesia (Pitt Assn Soc Anth Oceanic)

By Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania Meetings

This collection of original essays explores money and its social dynamic in eight different Melanesian communities in order to determine why the people of Melanesia continue to use traditional kinds of currency, such as shells, alongside more modern types. When the answer to this question is examined in relation to the use of money in other countries, an entirely new model for thinking about money develops.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956896
• ISBN13: 9780822956891
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"