Why trees, too, are good to think with: Towards an anthropology of the meaning of life

The Social Life of Trees: Anthropological Perspectives on Tree Symbolism

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 39-55

  Bloch, Maurice ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85109700159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781003136040-3     Document Type: Chapter

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