Imagining a nation in Kwanga village courts, East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 74-85

  Brison, Karen J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

East Sepik Province; Leadership; Nation making; Papua New Guinea; Village courts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241441     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3317965     Document Type: Article

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