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The gift : how the creative spirit transforms the world
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The gift : how the creative spirit transforms the world

Author: Lewis Hyde
Publisher: Edinburgh : Canongate Books, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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An examination of the 'gift economy', Hyde argues for the defence of the place of creativity in our increasingly market-orientated society.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lewis Hyde
ISBN: 9781841958330 1841958336
OCLC Number: 83422067
Description: xix, 345 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: Lewis Hyde.

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First published in America in 1979, this work examines the 'gift economy'.  Read more...

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"Brilliant... by the time he is done he has folded language, culture and the very habit of being human into his ken." New Yorker "A masterpiece... The Gift is the best book I know of for the aspiring Read more...

 
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