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The Chimbu

The Chimbu

Paula Brown

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2004
Materia
Antropología
ISBN:
9780415330527
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This volume illustrates that the Chimbu have always been an adaptable people, whose concern for the present and for change has surpassed their attachment to tradition and the past.

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