Author: Natalie Zemon DavisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780199242887
Category : Ceremonial exchange
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Must a gift be given freely? How can we tell a gift from a bribe? Are gifts always a part of human relations--or do they lose their power and importance once the market takes hold and puts a price on every exchange? These questions are central to our sense of social relations past and present, and they are at the heart of this book by one of our most intersting and renowned historians.
