Reflections from the field: Culture, education, anthropology

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-368

  Varenne, Hervé ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Culture change

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349110127     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2008.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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