Anthropology at the bottom of the pyramid

Anthropology Today

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 4-9

  Cross, Jamie ^a   Street, Alice ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73649140990     PISSN: 0268540X     EISSN: 14678322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2009.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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