Marcel Mauss, a famous French sociologist and anthropologist, has made a highly creative comparative study of the relationship between exchange forms and social structures, and his views on ethnographic theories and methods have also influenced many sociologists.These collected papers have compiled his first class sociology theses with richest contents.His "e;Of Gifts"e; is a very influential work, focusing on the exchange and contract forms of indigenous peoples in Americas, Polynesia and northwestern North America, and discussing the religious, legal, economic, mythological and other aspects of the acts of gift, acceptance and reward, which typically reflect his "e;seeing big things through small ones"e; method to study social phenomenon.The publication of the collected papers has provided great convenience for sociology researchers to learn and access.
