Leading lights in the 'mother of darkness': Perspectives on leadership and value in North Ambrym, Vanuatu

Oceania

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 126-142

  Patterson, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0038720547     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2002.tb01633.x     Document Type: Review

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