Selfish Gifts
| Author | : Alison V. Scott |
| Publisher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0838640826 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780838640821 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (821 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Selfish Gifts by : Alison V. Scott
Download or read book Selfish Gifts written by Alison V. Scott and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selfish Gifts examines how early modern clients moved quickly and strategically to assimilate the language of competition and equality, characteristic of an emerging market economy, within their existing discourses of gift exchange, in order to maximize the rewards they might induce from an increasingly diverse group of patrons."--Jacket.
