Children as a reserve labor force

Current Anthropology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 545-568

  Lancy, David F ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/682286     Document Type: Article

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