Schooling and skipperhood: The development of dexterity

American Anthropologist

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 908-923

  Pälsson, Gísli ^a   Helgason, Agnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dexterity; Fishing; Iceland; Practice; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040531886     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1998.100.4.908     Document Type: Article

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