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The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies by Marcel Mauss, W. D. Halls (Translator), Professor Mary Douglas (Foreword) Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-393-32043-X / 039332043X ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32043-5 / 9780393320435 Since its first publication in English in 1954, The Gift, Marcel Mauss's groundbreaking study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure, has been acclaimed as a classic among anthropology texts. A brilliant example of the comparative method, ?The Gift? presents the first systema |