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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

by Marcel Mauss

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The Gift is Marcel Mauss's groundbreaking study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure. A brilliant French sociologist and anthropologist, Mauss (1872-1950) used case studies of Melanesia, Polynesia, and northwestern North America to demonstrate that gift exchange is a total system at the center of society.

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Since its first publication in English in 1954, The Gift, Marcel Mauss's groundbreaking study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure, has been acclaimed as a classic among anthropology texts.

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A brilliant French sociologist and anthropologist, Marcel Mauss (1872?) used case studies of Melanesia, Polynesia, and northwestern North America to demonstrate that gift exchange is a total system at the center of society.
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ISBN:
9780393320435
Subtitle:
The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
Translator:
Halls, W. D.
Translator:
Halls, W. D.
Author:
Mauss, Marcel
Foreword:
Douglas, Mary
Author:
Douglas, Mary
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York
Subject:
Anthropology
Subject:
Customs & Traditions
Subject:
Social structure
Subject:
Social institutions
Subject:
Anthropology - General
Copyright:
1990
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references.
Series Volume:
19
Publication Date:
August 2000
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
164
Dimensions:
8.34x5.46x.49 in. .39 lbs.
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