Reciprocities and realities: World views, peacefulness, and violence among Semai and Waorani

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-133

  Robarchek, Clayton A ^a   Robarchek, Carole J ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Exchange; Feuding; Nonviolence; Peace; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032391559     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1998)24:2<123::aid-ab3>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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