The Culture Of The Gift In Eighteenth Century England
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The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England
Author | : Linda Zionkowski |
Publisher | : Palgrave MacMillan |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Offering a variety of disciplinary perspectives, The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long-overlooked role of gift exchange in literary texts, cultural documents, and economic relations in the period from 1660-1800. Contributors argue that the gift was instrumental to the workings of eighteenth-century society: it supported the phenomenal rise of charities, explained the increasingly complicated trade relations, enforced conventions of obligation and social hierarchies, and both strengthened and challenged the emergence of a market economy. Building upon the works of recent theorists, these essays provide innovative readings of how gift transactions shaped the institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity.
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