The making of chiefs: 'Hereditary succession', personal agency and exchange in north mekeo chiefdoms

The Scope of Anthropology: Maurice Godelier's Work in Context

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-190

  Mosko, Mark S ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Academy of Social Sciences   (Australia)

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