Gifts and commodities : exchange and western capitalism since 1700 / James G. Carrier
1995, First Edition. London : Routledge. Fine cloth copy in a fine, somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #464521
ISBN: 0415117526
Physical description; xvi, 240 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; First published 1995. Contents; 1. Gifts and commodities, people and things -- 2. Changing production relations -- 3. Changing circulation relations: the emergence of the market -- 4. Changing circulation relations: institutional alienation -- 5. The work of appropriation -- 6. Presenting commodities in catalogues -- 7. The ideology of the gift -- 8. Christmas and the ceremony of the gift. Subjects; Gifts. United States. History. Gifts. Great Britain. History. Shopping. Social aspects. United States. History. Shopping. Social aspects. Great Britain. History. Materialism. United States. History. Materialism. Great Britain. History. Commerce. Social aspects. History. Consumption (Economics). Social aspects. History. Capitalism. Social aspects. History.
Price: €125.00