TY - BOOK AU - Mauss, Marcel TI - The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies with a foreword by Mary Douglas SN - 9780415267496 U1 - 394 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Gifts KW - Gifts--Religious aspects KW - Economic anthropology KW - Primitive societies KW - Exchange KW - Barter N1 - 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 ER -