Primordialist blinders: A reply to I. M. Lewis

Cultural Anthropology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-120

  Besteman, Catherine ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

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EID: 17944379761     PISSN: 08867356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/can.1998.13.1.109     Document Type: Article

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