Marginal Gains: Monetary Transactions in Atlantic Africa
(Part of the Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series)
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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:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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