Christopher A. Gregory’s Gifts and Commodities is one of the undisputed classics of economic anthropology. On its publication in 1982, it spurred intense, ong

Brings new perspectives to issues of class and the self in western culture Looks at how and why people buy things - concentrates on social processes of shopping

This volume is not simply another general theory of world system. It is a theoretically and ethnographically informed collection of essays which opens up new qu

In this study, the author examines the gift-giving and related social activities that pervade daily life in China, focusing on routine activities.