The power of possessions: The case against property

Museum Anthropology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 12-18

  Welsh, Peter H ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60949843991     PISSN: 08928339     EISSN: 15481379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mua.1997.21.3.12     Document Type: Article

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