Marriage and the maintenance of ethnic group boundaries: The case of Mauritius

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-352

  Nave, Ari ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic boundaries; Ethnicity; Marriage; Mauritius; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ETHNICITY; MARRIAGE;

MAURITIUS;

EID: 0034000451     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014198700329079     Document Type: Article

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