Money, Value, and the State
Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa
Seiten
2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-50134-7 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-50134-7 (ISBN)
A deeply researched study of twentieth-century political and economic fortunes in East Africa, this will interest historians, anthropologists, development scholars, and those in adjacent disciplines. By focusing on topics such as money, banking and smuggling, this book provides new interpretations of iconic topics of interest.
Decolonization in East Africa was more than a political event: it was a step towards economic self-determination. In this innovative book, historian and anthropologist Kevin Donovan analyses the contradictions of economic sovereignty and citizenship in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, placing money, credit, and smuggling at the center of the region's shifting fortunes. Using detailed archival and ethnographic research undertaken across the region, Donovan reframes twentieth century statecraft and argues that self-determination was, at most, partially fulfilled, with state monetary infrastructures doing as much to produce divisions and inequality as they did to produce nations. A range of dissident practices, including smuggling and counterfeiting, arose as people produced value on their own terms. Weaving together discussions of currency controls, bank nationalizations and coffee smuggling with wider conceptual interventions, Money, Value and the State traces the struggles between bankers, bureaucrats, farmers and smugglers that shaped East Africa's postcolonial political economy.
Decolonization in East Africa was more than a political event: it was a step towards economic self-determination. In this innovative book, historian and anthropologist Kevin Donovan analyses the contradictions of economic sovereignty and citizenship in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, placing money, credit, and smuggling at the center of the region's shifting fortunes. Using detailed archival and ethnographic research undertaken across the region, Donovan reframes twentieth century statecraft and argues that self-determination was, at most, partially fulfilled, with state monetary infrastructures doing as much to produce divisions and inequality as they did to produce nations. A range of dissident practices, including smuggling and counterfeiting, arose as people produced value on their own terms. Weaving together discussions of currency controls, bank nationalizations and coffee smuggling with wider conceptual interventions, Money, Value and the State traces the struggles between bankers, bureaucrats, farmers and smugglers that shaped East Africa's postcolonial political economy.
Kevin P. Donovan is Lecturer at the Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh. His work appears in Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Studies in Society & History, Development & Change, and Economy & Society.
Introduction: the government of value, 1945–80; 1. The moneychanger state; 2. A monopoly on valuation; 3. Restricted value; 4. Crimes against economy; 5. Magendo; Conclusion: A neoliberal government of value; Archival sources consulted; Acknowledgments.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.01.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | African Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 557 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-50134-8 / 1009501348 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-50134-7 / 9781009501347 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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