The Gift in Sixteenth-Century France

by Natalie Zemon Davis

Book Overview

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 interesting and renowned historians.
In a wide-ranging look at gift giving in early modern...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299168808
• ISBN13: 9780299168803
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"