The persistence of polygyny as an adaptive response to poverty and oppression in apartheid South Africa

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-112

  Anderson, Connie M ^a  

^a HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034378609     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106939710003400201     Document Type: Article

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