The moving boundaries of social heat: Gambling in rural China

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-280

  Steinmüller, Hans ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955520278     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01679.x     Document Type: Article

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