Dealing with uncertainty: Shamans, marginal capitalism, and the remaking of history in postsocialist Mongolia

American Ethnologist

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-147

  Buyandelgeriyn, Manduhai ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846969597     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2007.34.1.127     Document Type: Article

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