Money from Nothing: Indebtedness and Aspiration in South Africa

by Deborah James

Book Overview

Money from Nothing explores the dynamics surrounding South Africa's national project of financial inclusion-dubbed "banking the unbanked"-which aimed to extend credit to black South Africans as a critical aspect of broad-based economic enfranchisement.

Through rich and captivating accounts, Deborah James reveals the varied ways in which middle- and working-class South Africans' access to credit is intimately bound up with identity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804792674
• ISBN13: 9780804792677
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"