It is value that brings universes into being

HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-243

  Graeber, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84901397243     PISSN: 20491115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14318/hau3.2.012     Document Type: Letter

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