Ecological determinants of cultural variation

Understanding Culture: Theory, Research, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 189-210

  Triandis, Harry C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781441605054     Document Type: Chapter

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