Why polyandry fails: Sources of instability in polyandrous marriages

Current Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-398

  Levine, Nancy E ^a   Silk, Joan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000905214     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/204624     Document Type: Review

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