Global customs regimes and the traffic in sovereignty: Enlarging the anthropology of the state

Current Anthropology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-276

  Chalfin, Brenda ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/499548     Document Type: Article

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