{"product_id":"the-gift-marcel-mauss-9781614270188","title":"The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcel Mauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 161427018X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614270188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Marcel Mauss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987005702399,"sku":"9781614270188","price":9.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_700ded58-06df-4f63-b49c-1fe6d4f1e789.jpg?v=1683286448","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gift-marcel-mauss-9781614270188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}