The problem with boys: Bridewealth accumulation, sibling gender, and the propensity to participate in cattle raiding among the Kuria of Tanzania

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 284-288

  Fleisher, Michael L ^a   Holloway, Garth J ^b  

^a Ethiopian Landmine Impact Survey   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38749089570     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382257     Document Type: Article

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