摘要: Classic interpretations of the development modern world portray money as a key instrument in rationalization social life. Money is reductively defined ultimate objectifier, homogenizing all qualitative distrinctions into an abstract quantity. This paper shows limits such purely utilitarian conception "market money." A model "special monies" proposed to examine extraeconomic, basis money. The article argues that, while does indeed transform items, values, and sentiments numerical cash equivalents, itself shaped process. Culture structure mark quality by institutionalizing controls, restrictions, districtions sources, uses, modes allocation, even quantity changing meaning domestic money, specifically married women's United States, 1870-1930, are examined empirical case study special