Gifts and Gift-giving [ Politics & Society / Furniture & Interior decoration / Social interaction ]
… sociability because they helped to create and maintain reciprocal bonds between individuals, groups and even nations (playing a recognised role in diplomacy). 1 Presents played an important part in long-eighteenth century Britain in the prized, and often intertwined, virtues of liberality, …
Charity | Empire | Friendship | Gift | Hospitality | Reciprocity | Religion
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