Inscribing the State at the "Edge of Beyond." Danger and Development in Northwestern Zimbabwe

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 55-70

  Worby, Eric ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0342672969     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/pol.1998.21.2.55     Document Type: Article

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