Money and the Morality of Exchange (Paperback)

1. Introduction: money and the morality of exchange Jonathan Parry and Maurice Bloch; 2. Misconceiving the grain heap: a critique of the concept of the Indian jajmani system C. J. Fuller; 3. On the moral perils of exchange Jonathan Parry; 4. Money, men and women R. L. Stirrat; 5. Cooking money: gender and the symbolic transformation of means of exchange in a Malay fishing community Janet Carsten; 6. Drinking cash: the purification of money through ceremonial exchange in Fiji C. Toren; 7. The symbolism of money in Imerina Maurice Block; 8. Resistance to the present by the past: mediums and money in Zimbabwe D. Lan; 9. Precious metals in the Andean economy M. J. Sallnow; 10. The earth and the state: the sources and meanings of money in Northern Potosi, Bolivia Olivia Harris.