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COWRIE SHELLS AND COWRIE MONEY: a global history
by Yang, Bin
fromRoutledge approaches to history
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Type: Book
Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed i…
Cowrie shells and cowrie money: a global history
by Yang, Bin
fromRoutledge approaches to history
0
Type: Book
"Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed …
Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed i…
Cowrie shells and cowrie money: a global history
by Yang, Bin
fromRoutledge approaches to history
0
Type: Book
"Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed …
Cowrie shells and cowrie money: a global history
by Yang, Bin
fromRoutledge approaches to history
0
Type: Book
"Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was gradually transformed …
"This book is an ethnography of a Melanesian island, an exploration of ranked exchange and a critique of anthropologoical exchange theory. John Liep unravels the complex society and exchange system on Rossl Island east of New Guinea."--Jacket.
The financial crisis has shown how money can become an instrument for power and greed. The nature of money and financial institutions has again become issues of importance. This will also be the case in anthropology. John Liep's long awaited monograph on Rossel Island in Papua N…