Marijuana, guns, crocodiles and submarines: Economies of desire in the Purari Delta

Oceania

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-234

  Bell, Joshua A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846304299     PISSN: 00298077     EISSN: 18344461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2006.tb03052.x     Document Type: Article

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