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Book Title: Unwrapping The Sacred Bundle: Reflections On The Disciplinin...
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Unwrapping the Sacred Bundle : Reflections on the Disciplining of Anthropology
Publisher: Duke University Press
Subject: Archaeology, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / Physical, Anthropology / General
Publication Year: 2005
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.1 Oz
Author: Sylvia J. Yanagisako
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
