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Author:   Allison Truitt ,  Stefan Senders
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Volume:   v. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.260kg
ISBN:  

9781845207519

ISBN 10:   1845207513
Pages:   148
Publication Date:   01 August 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface, John Borneman, Princeton University, USAIntroduction, Stefan Senders, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA, and Allison Truitt, Tulane University1. Equation Fixations: On the Whole and the Sum of Dollars In Foreign Exchange, Julie Y. Chu, Wellesley College, USA2. Changing Money in Post-Soviet Ukraine, JA Dickinson, University of Vermont, USA3. Dollars and Dolores in Postwar El Salvador, Ellen Moodie, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA4. Cold Cash and Hot Loans in Southern Vietnam, Allison Truitt5. The Smoking Wallet: An Anthropologist Meets Transnational Tobacco Corporations in Malawi, Marty Otañez, University of California San Francisco, USA6. What do You Want Me to Do, Bang My Head Against the Wall?, Stefan Senders, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA7. Circuits of Conversion: From 14,000 to 1, Naeem Inayatullah, Ithaca College, USAGuide to Further Reading Bibliography Notes on Contributors

Reviews

'This is an absorbing, insightful book. Through poignant, well-told fieldwork stories, the authors shed light on the cultural significance of money, and they address crucial questions about ethics, power, and subjectivity in anthropological research.' Peter Wogan, Willamette University, USA The book is remarkably coherent in tone. Anthropological Notebook

Author Information

Stefan Senders is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA. Allison Truitt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Tulane University, USA.

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