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

The Gift

The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

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

The Gift

The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

2 edition

by

  • 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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Routledge
Language
English
Pages
199

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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
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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
August 2000, W. W. Norton & Company
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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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The gift: forms and functions of exchange in archaic societies
1966, Cohen and West
in English
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Edition Notes

"This translation first published 1990 ..."--T.p. verso.

Translation of: Essai sur le don.

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London
Series
Routledge Classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
394
Library of Congress
GT3040, GT3040.M3 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiii, 199 p. ;
Number of pages
199

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL21661148M
Internet Archive
giftformreasonfo00maus
ISBN 10
041526748X, 0415267498
OCLC/WorldCat
50945601
Library Thing
69346
Goodreads
201766

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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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