Die Geschichte der Schönheit

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mainly used as a method to create social relationships, a gift exchange is an economic practice which predates market economies and is believed to be characteristic to prehistoric and tribal societies. However, several characteristics of gift economies have been preserved and are still present in a form of charities and mutual aid. Learn more about the concept of gift economies and indigenous cultures which practiced this form of exchange in this book.