The Gift Expanded Edition
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The Gift Expanded Edition by Marcel Mauss
2011 Reprint of 1954 American Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is perhaps the first systematic study of the custom, widespread in primitive societies from ancient Rome to present-day Melanesia, of exchanging gifts. The gift is conceived as a transaction forming part of all human, personal relationships between individuals and groups. These gift exchanges are at the same time moral, economic, juridical, aesthetic, religious, mythological and social phenomena. A classic work.
Marcel Mauss (1870-1950) was a French sociologist and founding figure of twentieth-century anthropology. Jane I. Guyer is the George Armstrong Kelly Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. Jonathan Parry and Maurice Bloch are both emeritus professors of anthropology at the London School of Economics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780990505006 |
| ISBN 10 | 0990505006 |
| Title | The Gift Expanded Edition |
| Author | Marcel Mauss |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HAU |
| Year published | 2016-05-15 |
| Number of pages | 238 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |