The Alchemy of charity: Of class and Buddhism in Northern Thailand

American Anthropologist

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 469-481

  Bowie, Katherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0032364862     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1998.100.2.469     Document Type: Article

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