Exchange

Author	: John Davis
Publisher	: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages	: 116
Release	: 1992
ISBN-10	: 0816621810
ISBN-13	: 9780816621811
Rating	: 4/5 (811 Downloads)

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Download or read book Exchange written by John Davis and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davis (social anthropology, Oxford) presents an account of the universal practice of exchange, emphasizing the moral and symbolic order, and the meanings people invest in it. He draws on examples ranging from complex gifting systems to stock exchanges, in the Pacific, Africa, and Britain. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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