Number, unit, and utility in a Mayan community: The relation between use-value, labour-power, and personhood

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-417

  Kockelman, Paul ^a  

^a Barnard College and Department of Psychology   (United States)

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EID: 34249697500     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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