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Debt: the first 5000 years

Debt took three years to complete, and its breadth is well beyond what is normally attempted in an anthropological monograph. It spans 5000 years, and includes much non-Eurocentric history, i.e. instead of restricting himself to Greece, Egypt/Sumer, North Mediterranean and North Atlantic, the author engaged seriously with literatures on India, China, and the Islamic world over a considerable time period. He also had to track down a number of original sources (e.g., Spanish chronicles and Nepali royal annals). More generally, this book project involved the author in bridging the disciplines of economics, economic sociology, history, and various areas of anthropology.