Common cents: Situating money in time and place

Economy and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-388

  Gilbert, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Modernity; Money; Networks; Place and space; Power; Social theory; States; Time

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 21144456280     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140500111832     Document Type: Review

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