Un-American anthropological thought: The Opler-Meggers exchange

Journal of Anthropological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 183-203

  Price, David H ^a   Peace, William J ^b  

^a SAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEORY;

EID: 0141828988     PISSN: 00917710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/jar.59.2.3631640     Document Type: Review

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