I'm probably misremembering this, but that description of wealth being how much you give reminds me of the description of the native cultures here in the PNW at the time of European contact (probably not coincidence?) as described in the book The Good Rain by Timothy Egan (a book I need to get back to)
I'm probably misremembering this, but that description of wealth being how much you give reminds me of the description of the native cultures here in the PNW at the time of European contact (probably not coincidence?) as described in the book The Good Rain by Timothy Egan (a book I need to get back to)