Women's Work and Lives in Offshore Oil

Research in Economic Anthropology

Volumn 24, Issue , 2006, Pages 163-204

  Austin, Diane E ^a  

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EID: 33645904470     PISSN: 01901281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-1281(05)24006-4     Document Type: Review

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