Anthropologists only need apply: Challenges of applied anthropology

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 147-165

  Sillitoe, Paul ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847644498     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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