The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies

Mauss, Marcel

ISBN 10: 0710018088 / ISBN 13: 9780710018083

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC, 1969

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710018088
• ISBN 13: 9780710018083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 340.2 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Marcel Mauss was a French sociologist and anthropologist. His work profoundly influenced the field of anthropology with respect to topics such as magic, sacrifice, and gift exchange in primitive cultures.