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Author:

James, Deborah, Dr., author.

Title:

Money from nothing : indebtedness and aspiration in South Africa / Deborah James.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xix, 282 pages: illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Debt--South Africa.
Consumer credit--South Africa.
Social mobility--South Africa.
Social status--South Africa.
Consumption (Economics)--South Africa.
Blacks--South Africa--Economic conditions.
Blacks--South Africa--Social conditions.
South Africa--Social conditions--1994-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the wellsprings of consumption and debt in South Africa -- Indebtedness, consumption, and marriage : the new middle class -- Regulating credit : tackling the redistributiveness of neoliberalism -- "Ride the camel" : borrowing and lending in context -- "You don't keep money all the time" : savings clubs and social mobility -- South Africa's credit crunch : narratives and neighborhoods -- "The history of that house keeps you out" : property and the new entrepreneur -- New subjectivities : advice, aspiration, and prosperity.

ISBN:

0804792674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804792677 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804791112 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804791113 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)883207332

LCCN:

2014025920

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)