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Simple Lives, Cultural Complexity

Simple Lives, Cultural Complexity

Simple Lives, Cultural Complexity

Steen Bergendorff

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2009
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Antropología social y cultural, etnografía
ISBN:
9780739128978

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This book explores the relationship between people living relatively simple lives and the cultural complexity of their live worlds by rethinking culture in terms of complexity theory.

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