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Continuities in Cultural Evolution

Continuities in Cultural Evolution

Margaret Mead

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2017
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Antropología social y cultural, etnografía
ISBN:
9781138521186

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Margaret Mead once said, 'I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples--faraway peoples--so that Americans might better understand themselves

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