{"product_id":"money-counts-revisiting-economic-calculation-9781789206852","title":"Money Counts: Revisiting Economic Calculation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tTraditionally viewed as an abstraction, the quantitative nature of money is essential in evaluating the relationship between monetary systems and society. \u003cem\u003eMoney Counts\u003c\/em\u003e moves beyond abstraction, exploring the conceptual diversity and everyday enactment of money’s quantity. Drawing from case studies including British jewelers, blood-money payments in Germanic law codes, and the quotidian use of money in cosmopolitical Moscow, a Western Kenyan village, and socialist Havana, the chapters in this volume offer new theoretical and empirical interpretations of money’s quantitative nature as it relates to abstraction, sociality, materiality, freedom, and morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book points to a domain of research that is still understudied by anthropologists, and is thus a stimulation to explore it further.” \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropological Forum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a compelling collection that contributes rich case studies and sharp theoretical insights for more serious anthropological attention to money, number, and calculation.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Anthropos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This compact collection focuses on money as number, seen from a wide range of perspectives. The style is impressively dialectical, offering hope that anthropologists may soon be open to more promising ways of engaging with money.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Keith Hart\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Pretoria\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Why do anthropologists get so uncomfortable when it comes to working with (and on) numbers? This book provides answers and exemplifies what a quantity-embracing, yet ethnographically rich, economic anthropology can look like.” \u003cstrong\u003e• Stefan Leins\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Konstanz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Quality of Quantity: Monetary Amounts and Their Materialities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSandy Ross, Mario Schmidt, and Ville Koskinen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Is Gold Jewelry Money?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Oakley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Injury and Measurement: Jacob Grimm on Blood Money and Concrete Quantification\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnna Echterhölter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Five Thousand, 5,00, and Five Thousands: Disentangling Ruble Quantities and Qualities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSandy Ross\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Money is Life:” Quantity, Social Freedom, and Combinatory Practices in Western Kenya\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMario Schmidt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Money and Morality of Commensuration: Currencies of Poverty in Post-Soviet Cuba\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMartin Holbraad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘Money on the Street’ as a Hoard: How Informal Moneylenders Remain Unbanked\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMartin Fotta\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e What is Money? A Definition Beyond Materiality and Quantity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEmanuel Seitz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNigel Dodd\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042560377175,"sku":"9781789206852","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781789206852.jpg?v=1750954643","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/money-counts-revisiting-economic-calculation-9781789206852","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}