The Life of Marble: The Experience and Meaning of Work in the Marble Quarries of Carrara

Australian Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 235-257

  Leitch, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84937273511     PISSN: 10358811     EISSN: 17576547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1996.tb00330.x     Document Type: Article

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