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Two Types of Reciprocity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 June 2009
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The purpose of this paper is to argue that reciprocity may be of two types: prestations of things and prestations of actions or, expressed in another way, gift exchanges and cooperation. Evidence from two societies will be used to show that each of these two types of reciprocity is appropriate to a different type of society or social situation.
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- Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1975
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I am grateful to my colleague Dr. J. Barkow for reading a draft of this paper and making some helpful comments upon it.
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2 This expedition began on March 25, 1970, and ended on June 30, 1972. It was sponsored by the Canada Council.
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