Does the house hold? History and the shape of Mien (Yao) society

Ethnohistory

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 613-654

  Jonsson, Hjorleifur ^a  

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EID: 0035540258     PISSN: 00141801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/00141801-48-4-613     Document Type: Review

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