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Conceptualizing Society

Conceptualizing Society

Adam Kuper

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
1992
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Antropología
ISBN:
9780415061247

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The first collection of papers taken from the first conference of the EASA, discussing the various models at the disposal of the modern ethnographer. Offers a lively account of the state of general theory in social anthropology today.

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