On money debt and morality: Some reflections on the contribution of economic anthropology

Social Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-396

  Gregory, Chris A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Credit; Debt; Demand sharing; Economic anthropology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868532734     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2012.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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