The Gift the Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies

Title: The Gift the Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic SocietiesAuthor: Mauss, MarcelPublisher: Bibliotech PressBinding: PaperbackPages: 146Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34dProduct Weight: 0.49 lbs.Language: EnglishISBN: 9781618952332The Gift is a short book by the French sociologist Marcel Mauss that is the foundation of social theories of reciprocity and gift exchange.Mauss's original piece was entitled Essai sur le don. Forme et raison de l' change dans les soci t s archa ques ("An essay on the gift: the form and reason of exchange in archaic societies") and was originally published in L'Ann e Sociologique in 1925. The essay was later republished in French in 1950 and translated into English in 1954 by Ian Cunnison, in 1990 by W. D. Halls, and in 2016 by Jane I. Guyer.Mauss's essay focuses on the way that the exchange of objects between groups builds relationships between humans.It analyzes the economic practices of various so-called archaic societies and finds that th