The anthropology of credit and debt

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2010, Pages 225-240

  Peebles, Gustav ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

bodies; gift; regulation; space; time

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CREDIT PROVISION; DEBT; KINSHIP;

EID: 77958010934     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-090109-133856     Document Type: Article

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