The construction of social meaning and material value: A note on trade in Melanesia

Oceania

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 294-301

  Görlich, Joachim ^a  

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EID: 0041021980     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1998.tb02680.x     Document Type: Article

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