Sharing and compassion: Fosterage in a Polynesian society

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 703-722

  Donner, William W ^a,b  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Anthropology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSTER CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; POLYNESIA;

EID: 0033386327     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.30.4.703     Document Type: Article

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