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Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money - A Global History (Paperback)
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Cowrie Shells and Cowrie Money - A Global History (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Approaches to History
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Originating in the sea, especially in the waters surrounding the
low-lying islands of the Maldives, Cypraea moneta (sometimes
confused with Cypraea annulus) was transported to various parts of
Afro-Eurasia in the prehistoric era, and in many cases, it was
gradually transformed into a form of money in various societies for
a long span of time. Yang provides a global examination of cowrie
money within and beyond Afro-Eurasia from the archaeological period
to the early twentieth century. By focusing on cowrie money in
Indian, Chinese, Southeast Asian and West African societies and
shell money in Pacific and North American societies, Yang
synthsises and illustrates the economic and cultural connections,
networks and interactions over a longue duree and in a
cross-regional context. Analysing locally varied experiences of
cowrie money from a global perspective, Yang argued that cowrie
money was the first global money that shaped Afro-Eurasian
societies both individually and collectively. He proposes a
paradigm of the cowrie money world that engages local, regional,
transregional and global themes.
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