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Gifts and commodities [electronic resource] : exchange and western capitalism since 1700 / James G. Carrier.

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Three hundred years ago people made most of what they used, or got it in trade from their neighbours. Now, no one seems to make anything, and we buy what we need from shops. Gifts and Commodities describes the cultural and historical process of these changes and looks at the rise of consumer society...

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Main Author: Carrier, James G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 1995.
Series:Material cultures.
Subjects:
Shopping > Social aspects > United States > History.
Shopping > Social aspects > Great Britain > History.
Gifts > United States > History.
Gifts > Great Britain > History.
Materialism > United States > History.
Materialism > Great Britain > History.
United States > Commerce > Social aspects > History.
Great Britain > Commerce > Social aspects > History.
Commerce > Social aspects.
Gifts.
Materialism.
Shopping > Social aspects.
Great Britain.
United States.
History.

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