Marginal gains : monetary transactions in Atlantic Africa /
Guyer, Jane I.
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
Contents: Diversity, bewilderment, and the multiplicity of African money -- Conversions : asymmetrical transactions -- Calculation : number and asymmetry -- Rank : people and money -- Quality : commodities and price -- Volatility : a performance in modern Nigeria -- Institutions : repertoires of financial option -- Balances : household budgets in a Ghanaian study -- Formalities : fixing debt and delay -- Bewilderment revisited.
Money
Economic anthropology