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Dave: IMG Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

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jimlynchIf Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »
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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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