The spirit of business: Pawnshops in Ulaanbaatar

Social Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-49

  Højer, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Economy; Exchange; Mongolia; Postsocialism; Property

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856476931     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2011.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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