Auctioning patronage in Northeast Brazil: The political value of money in a ritual market

American Anthropologist

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Ansell, Aaron ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction; Democracy; Money; Northeast Brazil; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955980071     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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