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p.2 "Not all societies in the region came to be money-using nor did each society that adopted money become monetized in the same way or to the same degree. One of the objectives of this study is to understand what factors contributed to the uneven development of mentary concepts and usage in early Southeast Asia." p.3 "Why is it that Assam, for example, never possessed more than a rudimentary monetary system, based upon the cowrie, even though two of its closest neighbors (southeastern Bengal and Arakan) utilized coinage for much of their histories?" p.7 "With the advent of money, economic relationships become abstracted and less personal, motivated by values independednt of such factors as kinship ties, the status of individuals involved in the transactions, and personal obligation. With the advent of money also cash paymenst tend to replace seasonal labor obligations, further weakening traditional means of maintaining power and influence." p.11 "the scope for earning profit can be widened considerably by the adoption of a monetary system." (p.48,53,63,110 metal,165, 218,310, -313 metal)
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