The Gift Economy

by David J. Cheal

Book Overview

Until recently we have known more about gift giving practices in pre-industrial societies than about those of industrial western society. In this book, first published in 1988, David Cheal shows that the process of present giving and receiving is a vital element in contemporary social life, relevant to some of the most important theoretical traditions in sociology, particularly those of Durkheim and Weber, and to the social constructionism of Peter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138928283
• ISBN13: 9781138928282
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"