'Mostly harmless'?: Missionaries, administrators and material culture on the coast of British New Guinea

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 377-397

  O'Hanlon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749553952     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2661274     Document Type: Article

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