Reinventing the Family: Kinship, Marriage, and Famine in Northern Namibia, 1948-1954

Social Science History

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-295

  McKittrick, Meredith ^a  

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EID: 11244322693     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0145553200017752     Document Type: Article

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