Anthropology at the crossroads: From the age of ethnography to the age of world systems

Social Dynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-65

  Lee, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 54749084316     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: 19407874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533959808458640     Document Type: Article

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