CONTENTS 
Preface 
Acknowledgments 
INTRODUCTION: APPROACHING OBJECTS 
GIFTS AND COMMODITIES, PEOPLE AND THINGS 
CHANGING PRODUCTION RELATIONS 
CHANGING CIRCULATION RELATIONS: THE 
EMERGENCE OF THE MARKET 
CHANGING CIRCULATION RELATIONS: 
INSTITUTIONALIZING ALIENATION 
THE WORK OF APPROPRIATION 
6 PRESENTING COMMODITIES IN CATALOGUES 
7 THE IDEOLOGY OF THE GIFT 
CHRISTMAS AND THE CEREMONY OF THE GIFT 
CONCLUSION: OPPOSITIONS OF GIFTS AND 
COMMODITIES 
Notes 
References 
Index 
6 
R 4 
106 
126 
145 
168 
190 
207 
212 
231