The Official Gift in Ancient Egypt

by Edward Bleiberg

Book Overview

Economic anthropology is used here to gain a fuller understanding of the long-standing practice of the official exchanging of gifts between individuals of unequal status ( inw -exchange). To overcome the problem of patchy and biased sources, the author first proposes a model to study this social obligation. This identifies reciprocity and redistribution at work, instead of the profit-making goal usually assumed active. A curious insight into cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806128712
• ISBN13: 9780806128719
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Oklahoma Up
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"