On social currencies and human economies: Some notes on the violence of equivalence

Social Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-428

  Graeber, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Debt; Money; Reciprocity; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868547105     PISSN: 09640282     EISSN: 14698676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8676.2012.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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