An edition of Die Gabe: Form und Funktion des Austauschs in archaischen Gesellschaften (1950)

The Gift

Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies

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An edition of Die Gabe: Form und Funktion des Austauschs in archaischen Gesellschaften (1950)

The Gift

Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies

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  • 6 Want to read

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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Norton
Language
English
Pages
130

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Subjects

Gifts, Social structure, anthropology, exchange, gift exchange, potlatch, sociology, Ceremonial exchange, Social aspects, gift economy, cultural anthropology, Economic anthropology, Charity, Historical sociology, Civilization, ancient, Cadeaux, Échange cérémoniel, SOCIAL SCIENCES, Customs & Traditions, Social institutions

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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
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The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies
1967, Norton
in English
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The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies
1966, Cohen & West
in English
Cover of: The gift
The gift: forms and functions of exchange in archaic societies
1966, Cohen & West
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
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Edition Notes

Previously published: Glencoe, Ill. : Free Press, 1954.

Translation of: Essai sur le don.

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
New York
Series
The Norton library -- N378

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
394
Library of Congress
GT3050 .M313 1967

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 130p.
Number of pages
130

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23264001M
Internet Archive
giftformfunctio00maus
ISBN 10
0393003787
ISBN 13
9780393003789
OCLC/WorldCat
343645
Library Thing
69346
Goodreads
1413538

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Collingswood Public Library record
Ithaca College Library MARC record
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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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