Exchanges are fundamental to human societies. The authors show that the study of exchanges not only serves as a key to understanding particular societies as totalities but also helps to frame a comparative mode of analysis expressed in terms of a hierarchy of values.
Exchanges are fundamental to human societies. The authors show that the study of exchanges not only serves as a key to understanding particular societies as totalities but also helps to frame a comparative mode of analysis expressed in terms of a hierarchy of values.
Editors:Cecile Barraud, Charge de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), Paris Daniel de Coppet, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris Andre Iteanu, Charge de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.),Paris Raymond Jamous, Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.), France Translated from the French by Stephen J. Suffern
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Introduction The Vocabulary of Exchanges The Exchanges The Exchanges of Each Society Considered as a Whole Exchanges, Wholes, Comparison
