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The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

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The Gift

The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

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Classic work of anthropology, on the social function of gift exchange. First published in French in 1950. First translated into English 1954. Has inspired many subsequent studies of gift-giving.

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English
Pages
184

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Essai sur le don
Essai sur le don: Forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques
2012, Presses universitaires de France, Presses Universitaires de France - PUF
in French
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
2002, Routledge
in English - 2 edition
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
August 2000, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
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The gift: forms and functions of exchange inarchaic societies
1970, Routledge and Kegan Paul
in English
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The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies
1967, Norton
in English
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Cover of: The gift
The gift: forms and functions of exchange in archaic societies
1966, Cohen and West
in English
Cover of: The Gift

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First Sentence

"During this research into the extension of contractual gifts, it seemed for a long time as if potlatch proper did not exist in Polynesia."

Classifications

Library of Congress
GT3040 .M3813 2000

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7453699M
Internet Archive
giftformreasonfo0000maus
ISBN 10
039332043X
ISBN 13
9780393320435
OCLC/WorldCat
45332818
Library Thing
69346
Goodreads
349990

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During this research into the extension of contractual gifts, it seemed for a long time as if potlatch proper did not exist in Polynesia.
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