Between the gift and the market: The economy of regard

Economic History Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 450-476

  Offer, Avner ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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ECONOMIC HISTORY; GIFT EXCHANGE; HISTORICAL STUDY; HISTORICAL THEORY; THEORY;

EID: 0031406660     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00064     Document Type: Review

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