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Credit between cultures : farmers, financiers, and misunderstanding in Africa / Parker Shipton.

Author/creator Shipton, Parker MacDonald
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press,
Descriptionxxvii, 335 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Yale agrarian studies series
Yale agrarian studies. ^A303919
Contents Introduction: a golden pendulum -- Context for credit : a setting at the source of the Nile -- Three faces of the loan : charity, usury-- and fantasy -- Plans and dreams : an integrated approach on paper -- Lenders and lineages : nepotism as loyalty -- Untying a package deal : borrowing green revolution technology -- Debts and dodges : the moral and the hazard in repayment -- In a white elephant's shadow : reversal and repetition -- Wildfire : tobacco contract farming -- Self-help and the underground : individual incentive and the group guarantee -- Self-help with help : banking between charity and usury -- Crossing back : rethinking credit between cultures.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-320) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009050979
ISBN9780300116038 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300116039 (cloth : alk. paper)

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