Topic
Cowry
About: Cowry is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 21 publications have been published within this topic receiving 284 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the horse trade, silver exports, and cowry monetary system of Yunnan, currently a province in southwestern China, and placed it in a global perspective.
Abstract: Through examination of the horse trade, silver exports, and cowry monetary system of Yunnan, currently a province in southwestern China, this paper seeks to place Yunnan in global perspective. Furthermore, by considering Yunnan's cross-regional trade networks as routes parallel to the overland Silk Roads and the maritime Silk Roads, the paper adds new dimensions to the understanding of Eurasian communications. Finally, consideration of world-system perspectives will shed some light on contemporary world-system debates.
132 citations
TL;DR: For about five decades, the French colonial government in the Volta region of West Africa failed in its repeated attempts to replace the local monetary form of cowry shells with its own monetary system of francs, largely because of local opposition as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: For about five decades, the French colonial government in the Volta region of West Africa failed in its repeated attempts to replace the local monetary form of cowry shells with its own monetary system of francs, largely because of local opposition. This article provides an account of these events and explores the reasons for the opposition and why the opposition was successful. Despite government prohibition, the cowries even acquired increased vitality as they became the main money in the emerging urban market. Government measures were partly motivated by practical difficulties that stemmed from the conflicts that the colonial system and monetary policy generated. The article ends with a critical discussion of how money and the colonial transition are treated in anthropology.
52 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare the systeme monnetaire des cauris de largent de l'argent et l'arment with le systeme of largentin de l 'argent.
Abstract: Etude du cours monnetaire des cauris dans le Yunnan en Chine, a partir des donnees de la periode Ming et de la periode Yuan : comparaison avec les cours de l'argent. Au milieu du XVII e siecle, le systeme monnetaire des cauris ne sera plus vigueur
39 citations
1 Jan 2016
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of the literature in the field of bioinformatics and computer science, including a review of the most relevant works.xv.
Abstract: xv Acknowledgements xvi Chapter One — Introduction and Scope 1
34 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, Small Change and Ballast: Cowry trade and usage as an example of Indian Ocean economic history is discussed. But the authors focus on small change and ballast.
Abstract: (1980). Small change and ballast: Cowry trade and usage as an example of Indian Ocean economic history. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 48-69.
24 citations
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| 2021 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |