Interdisciplinarity and pacific studies: Roots and routes

Contemporary Pacific

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 397-421

  Whimp, Graeme ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academic disciplines; Area studies; Interdisciplinarity; Multidisciplinarity; Pacific studies

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 52149116078     PISSN: 1043898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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