Lévi-Strauss and the political: The elementary structures of kinship and the resolution of relations between indigenous peoples and settler states

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 425-444

  Asch, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 27844533078     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2005.00244.x     Document Type: Review

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