Beyond the object: Of rabbits, rutabagas and history

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-97

  Eiss, Paul K ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Commodity; History; Memory; Money; Performance; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749140053     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499607087496     Document Type: Review

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