The local in the local: Models of time and space in Samburu District, northern Kenya

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-84

  Holtzman, Jon ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43249191515     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379635     Document Type: Review

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