Money versus kinship: Subversion or consolidation?: Contrasting examples from Africa and the Pacific

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-78

  Geschiere, Peter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67651247616     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442210010001705850     Document Type: Article

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