Domesticating diamonds and dollars: identity, expenditure and sharing in southwestern Zaire (1984-1997)

Development and Change

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 777-810

  De Boeck, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIAMOND; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 0032439098     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00099     Document Type: Article

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