Trappers and trapping in advanced industrial society: Economic and socio cultural values of furbearer utilization in the Northeastern United States

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-436

  Muth, Robert M ^a   Daigle, John J ^b   Zwick, Rodney R ^c   Giass, Ronald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0030494597     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1996.9982144     Document Type: Article

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