The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies with a foreword by Mary Douglas.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York: Routledge, 2002Description: xxiii,199pISBN: 9780415267496Subject(s): Gifts | Gifts--Religious aspects | Economic anthropology | Primitive societies | Exchange | BarterDDC classification: 394
Contents:
Editorial Note
Foreword by Mary Douglas
Introduction
1 The exchange of gifts and the obligation to reciprocate(Polynesia)
2 The extension of this system
Liberty,Honour ,Money
3 Survivals of these principles in ancient systems of Law and ancient economics
4 Conclusion
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Editorial Note
Foreword by Mary Douglas
Introduction
1 The exchange of gifts and the obligation to reciprocate(Polynesia)
2 The extension of this system
Liberty,Honour ,Money
3 Survivals of these principles in ancient systems of Law and ancient economics
4 Conclusion
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