Extending Lenski's schema to hold up both halves of the sky - A theory-guided way of conceptualizing agrarian societies that illuminates a puzzle about gender stratification

Sociological Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-291

  Blumberg, Rae Lesser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 3543148510     PISSN: 07352751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2751.2004.00218.x     Document Type: Review

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