'Human terrain': Past, present and future applications

Anthropology Today

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  González, Roberto J ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 64049101003     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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