The Gift

essay by sociologist Marcel Mauss
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The Gift

Summary

The Gift is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Gift authored Marcel Mauss[3].
  • The Gift's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Gift's genre is recorded as non-fiction[5].
  • The Gift's genre is recorded as essay[6].
  • The Gift's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12414462z[7].
  • The Gift's language of work or name is recorded as French[8].
  • The Gift's publication date is recorded as +1925-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • The Gift's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04wm_b[10].
  • The Gift's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2111212W[11].
  • The Gift's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as aun2014829972[12].
  • The Gift's has edition or translation is recorded as The Gift[13].
  • The Gift's main subject is recorded as reciprocity[14].
  • The Gift's main subject is recorded as gift[15].
  • The Gift's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 69346[16].
  • The Gift's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Essai sur le don'}[17].
  • The Gift's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques"}[18].
  • The Gift's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • The Gift's related image is recorded as Marcel Mauss.jpg[20].
  • The Gift's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1242113[21].
  • The Gift's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 83960[22].

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Designation and Status

The Gift's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Gift ranks in the top 6% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . files.libcom.org. files.libcom.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Goodreads. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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