Beating the boundaries: Land tenure and identity in the Papua New Guinea Highlands

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-360

  Sillitoe, Paul ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000739827     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.55.3.3631390     Document Type: Article

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