Ships stranded in the forest: Debris of progress on a phantom river

Current Anthropology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-167

  Gordillo, Gastón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 79955416782     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658909     Document Type: Article

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