Abstract
Abstract
Pallaver situates German East Africa within the framework of the broader East African region as a way to illuminate the processes of currency standardization in the colonial context. The monetary geography of the region was determined first by the circulation of the rupee and later by Great Britain’s interests to create a common currency for its East African colonies. Pallaver argues that transimperial, international, and regional contexts influenced currency circulation across and within colonies, drawing attention to forms of colonial money and their use by distinct groups, such as African laborers and Indian traders.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Anthropology,Cultural Studies
Reference45 articles.
1. Beasts, banknotes and the colour of money in colonial South Africa
2. Il sistema monetario in rupie nella economia e nella finanza della Somalia italiana;Caroselli;Giornale degli economisti e rivista di statistica,1922
3. The Kenya currency Crisis, 1919–21 and the imperial dilemma
4. Of Coins and Conquest: The East African Currency Board, the Rupee Crisis and the Problem of Colonialism in the East African Protectorate;Mwangi;Comparative Studies in Society and History,2001