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LEADER: 01855cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2006033475
003 DLC
005 20120830081504.0
008 061006s2007 ctuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006033475
020 $a9780300116014 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $af------
050 00 $aGN645$b.S515 2007
082 00 $a306.3096$222
100 1 $aShipton, Parker MacDonald.
245 14 $aThe nature of entrustment :$bintimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa /$cParker Shipton.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$cc2007.
300 $axviii, 281 p. :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aYale agrarian studies series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [253]-271) and index.
505 0 $aFiduciary culture : a thread in anthropological theory -- Luo and their livelihood : the Great Lake Basin and beyond -- Entrustment incarnate : humans and animals over years and generations -- Teaming up : borrowing, lending, and getting by -- Marriage on the installment plan : the present and the promised -- Debts in life and death : shared responsibility and the funerary flow -- In the passing : inheritance of things and persons -- Blood, fire, and word : Luo, Christian, and Luo-Christian sacrifice -- Conclusion : Entrustment and obligation.
650 0 $aEconomic anthropology$zGreat Lakes Region (Africa)
650 0 $aCeremonial exchange$zGreat Lakes Region (Africa)
650 0 $aLuo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)$xFinance.
650 0 $aLuo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)$xCommerce.
650 0 $aLuo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aGreat Lakes Region (Africa)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aGreat Lakes Region (Africa)$xSocial life and customs.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006033475.html