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Book Title: Colonial Situations: Essays On The Contextualization Of Ethn...
Number of Pages: 348 Pages
Publication Name: Colonial Situations : Essays on the Contextualization of Ethnographic Knowledge
Language: English
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Subject: Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Author: George W. Stocking
Item Width: 6 in
Series: History of Anthropology Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
