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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.--jacket. Rights And Reciprocity In The Political And Philosophical Discourse Of Eighteenth-century England / Anna Moltchanova And Susannah Ottaway -- Charity Education And The Spectacle Of Christian Entertainment / Jad Smith -- Debt Without Redemption In A World Of Impossible Exchange : Samuel Richardson And Philanthropy / John A. Dussinger -- 'tis Better To Give : The Conduct Manual As Gift / Marilyn Francus -- The Gift Of A
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- Author
- Linda Zionkowski and Cynthia Klekar
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780230618411
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Nature, Political Science
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