Alaska

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Arctic Gold, Rocks and Minerals (1951)

To armchair travelers, especially in the United States, few places have a stronger allure than...

 

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Along Alaska's Shore: A Visit to the Coastal Eskimos of Seward Peninsula (1950)
 

Bosnia

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Photographs: Bosnia 1954-1996, The Thin Veneer; the Peoples of Bosnia and Their Disappearing Cultural Heritage (2002)
The images which appear here are, unless otherwise indicated, are copyright Joel M. Halpern and...
 

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Anthropology and Conflict: Reflections on the Bosnian War Part 2, AnthroWatch (1997)
It clearly takes a certain period to reflect on a singular experience in one's life....
 

Bulgaria

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Rituals of Transformation, Establishing Time Boundaries for the End of Socialism: the Case of Bulgaria, The Anthropology of East Europe Review (1991)
How does one era end and another begin? How do people publicly express themselves in...
 

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The Zadruga: An Anglo-American View, 1st Congres International des Etudes Balkaniques et Sud-Est Europennes: Resumes des Communications (1966)
This paper concentrates on the South Slav extended family as viewed by observers writing in...
 

Cambodia

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Refugees as Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians and Vietnamese in America.; The Boat People and Achievement in America: A Study of Family Life, Hard Work, and cultural Values, The Journal of Asian Studies (1991)
 

Canada

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A Geological Odyssey Thru the Province of Ontario, Canada, Rocks and Minerals (1949)
 

China

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The Role of the Chinese in Lao Society, Laos Project Paper, No.1 (1961)
 

Geology

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Use of Minerals by the Copper Eskimo, Rocks and Minerals (1952)
 

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Thomas Jefferson and the Geological Sciences, Rocks and Minerals (1951)
 

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Thomas Jefferson and the Geological Sciences, Rocks and Minerals (1951)
 

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Frobisher's False El Dorado, Rocks and Minerals (1951)
 

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Arctic Gold, Rocks and Minerals (1951)

To armchair travelers, especially in the United States, few places have a stronger allure than...

 

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Some Observations on a Sojourn Through Europe, Part I, Rocks and Minerals (1950)
 

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Some Observations on a Sojourn Through Europe, Part II, Rocks and Minerals (1950)
 

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A Geological Odyssey Thru the Province of Ontario, Canada, Rocks and Minerals (1949)
 

Judaic Studies

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Judaic Studies and Me, Textures and Meanings: Thirty Years of Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2004)
At the time I carried out my researches in Alaska among the Eskimo, in Balkan...
 

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American Multiculturalism - The Position of Jewish Americans, A Comparative Study of Multiculturalism and Assimilation in Canada, the US, and Australia (2001)
This brief essay is written at the time of the end of the American election...
 

Laos

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Laos: Beyond the Revolution, The Journal of Asian Studies (1993)
 

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Refugees as Immigrants: Cambodians, Laotians and Vietnamese in America.; The Boat People and Achievement in America: A Study of Family Life, Hard Work, and cultural Values, The Journal of Asian Studies (1991)
 

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Laos: Politics, Economics, and Society; Laos: A Bibliography, The Journal of Asian Studies (1988)
 

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Poppies, Pipes, and People: Opium and Its Use in Laos, The Journal of Asian Studies (1986)
 

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The Village of the Deep Pond: Ban Xa Phang Meuk, Laos; The Old Man: A Biographical Account of a Lao Villager, The Journal of Asian Studies (1981)
 

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Education and Nation-Building in Laos (with Marilyn C. Tinsman), Comparative Education Review (1966)
 

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Laos, Future Prospects and Their Limitations, Asian Survey (1966)
This article is not an attempt to assess the contemporary (1965) situation in Laos or...
 

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Conflict in Laos: the Politics of Neutralization, The Journal of Asian Studies (1965)
 

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Laos and America: A Retrospective View, South Atlantic Quarterly (1964)
 

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Economy and Society of Laos: A Brief Survey (1964)

Like the preceding monograph in this series, the present study is based on field data...

 

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Observations on the Social Structure of the Lao Elite, Asian Survey (1961)
 

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Laos Profiles, Laos Project Paper No.19 (1961)
 

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Laotian Agricultural Statistics, Laos Project Paper No.9 (1961)
 

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American Policy in Laos, Laos Project Paper No.6 (1961)
 

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An annotated bibliography on the peoples of Laos and Northern Thailand [selected sources in English, French and Japanese, published since 1945], Laos Project Paper No. 5 (1961)
 

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Population Statistics and Associated Data, Laos Project Paper No.3 (1961)
 

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Economic and Related Statistics Dealing with Laos, Laos Project Paper No. 11 (1961)
 

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Geographic, Demographic, and Ethnic Background on Laos, Laos Project Paper No. 4 (1961)
 

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Government Statistics, Laos Project Paper No. 8 (1961)
 

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Laotian Educational Statistics, Laos Project Paper No.7 (1961)
 

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Laotian Health Problems, Laos Project Paper No. 20 (1961)
 

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Laotian Health Statistics, Laos Project Paper No. 10 (1961)
 

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The Natural Economy of Laos, Laos Project Paper No.17 (1961)
This paper surveys the situation existing prior to 1960 and does not consider changes that...
 

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The Role of the Chinese in Lao Society, Laos Project Paper, No.1 (1961)
 

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The Rural and Urban Economies, Laos Project Paper No. 18 (1961)
 

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Laos and Her Tribal Problems, Michigan Alumnus (1960)
 

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Kingdom of Laos, Far Eastern Survey (1960)
 

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America and Laos: Two Views of Political Strategy and Technical Assistance (1958)
 

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Trade Patterns in Northern Laos, The Eastern Anthropologist (1958)
Since the author has lived in Laos for less than a year, this paper is...
 

Lapland

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Swedish Lapland - As Hosteler Saw It, Hosteling (1950)
The train had just left Kimna, the last stop before Narvik. It was a mid-September...
 

Macedonia

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Letters from Macedonia (with Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern), EthnoAnthropoZoom (2003)
Field notes that Joel M. Halpern and Barbara Kerewski - Halpern have made during their...
 

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Reflections on Jozef Obrebski’s Work in Macedonia from the Perspective of American Anthropology, Ethnologia Polona (2003)
This article deals with the difficulties encountered by Jozef Obrebski when he immigrated from Poland...
 

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Reflection of Jozef Obrebski’s Work in Macedonia From the Perspective of American Anthropology, 70 Years from the Research of Jozef Obrebski in Poreche, R. Macedonia (2002)
Jozef Obrebski (1905-1967) had a moderately long, interesting, and, in some respects, tragic life. The...
 

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The Pecalba Tradition in Macedonia, A Case Study (1975)
The following narrative has been excerpted from an account by a pravoslavni (Eastern Orthodox Christian)...
 

Scandanavia

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Will They Still Be Dancing?: Integration and Ethnic Transformation Among Yugoslav Immigrants in Scandinavia, American Anthropologist (1988)
 

Serbia

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The ecological transformation of a resettled area, pig herders to settled farmers in Central Serbia (Sumadija, Yugoslavia) during the 19th and 20th centuries, Transhumant Pastoralism in Southern Europe: Recent Perspectives from Archaeology, History, and Ethnology (1999)
A vegetarian has a difficult time finding a suitable restaurant in Serbia — the featured...
 

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Professional and Personal Perspectives on Long Term Research (with Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern), Serbian Studies (1992)

On the leveI of personal relationships, there is, perhaps, no need to pose the question...

 

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Our Rural Metamorphoses in the Eyes of the Ethnologist Joel M. Halpern (with Lidija Boskovic), The Singer Narrates: An American in Orasac (1985)
Our multiethnic community is one of the most mosaicked ethnic and cultural areas in the...
 

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A Microstudy of Social Process: The Historical Demography of a Serbian Village Community (1775-1975) (with Richard A. Wagner), Papers for the V. Congress of the Southeast European Studies, Belgrade, September 1984 (1984)
 

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Comparative Dynamics of a Traditional Serbian Village: Oraciac 1863 to 1975 (1977)
Research proposal: I. Purposes of this Research In summary this research will provide a model...
 

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Individual life cycles and family cycles. A comparison of perspectives, The family life cycle in European societies (1977)
This paper seeks to relate changing individual life cycles to changing cycles of family development....
 

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Town and countryside in Serbia in the nineteenth-century, social and household structure as reflected in the census of 1863, Household and Family in Past Time (1972)
Balkan familial and household structure has been the subject of discussion and study for over...
 

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Our Serbian Village (with Barbara Halpern), Review: Yugoslav Monthly Magazine (1969)
 

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The Orasac Villager and the World Outside, The Community: A Comparative Perspective (1969)
The universe of the Orasac peasant centers on his household, his neighborhood, his clan, and...
 

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Songs and Chants from a Serbian Village (with Barbara Halpern) (1956)
The following notes, collected while making a community study in the region of Sumadija, central...
 

Thailand

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Migrants of the Mountains: The Cultural Ecology of the Blue Miao (Hmong Njua) of Thailand, American Anthropologist (1978)
 

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From Peasant to Pedicab Driver: A Social Study of Northeastern Thai Farmers Who Periodically Migrated to Bangkok and Became Pedicab Drivers, American Anthropologist (1965)
 

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An annotated bibliography on the peoples of Laos and Northern Thailand [selected sources in English, French and Japanese, published since 1945], Laos Project Paper No. 5 (1961)
 

Yugoslavia

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The ecological transformation of a resettled area, pig herders to settled farmers in Central Serbia (Sumadija, Yugoslavia) during the 19th and 20th centuries, Transhumant Pastoralism in Southern Europe: Recent Perspectives from Archaeology, History, and Ethnology (1999)
A vegetarian has a difficult time finding a suitable restaurant in Serbia — the featured...
 

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Anthropology and Conflict: Reflections on the Bosnian War Part 2, AnthroWatch (1997)
It clearly takes a certain period to reflect on a singular experience in one's life....
 

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Anthropology and Conflict: Reflections on the Bosnian War Part 2, AnthroWatch (1997)
It clearly takes a certain period to reflect on a singular experience in one's life....
 

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Some Anthropological Observations on a War - The Conflict in Bosnia (1996)
Since I recently (in January and February) had a chance to spend something less than...
 

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Connections on Death, Destruction and the Future - An American Perspect1ve on the Former Yugoslavia (1995)
In making connections to explain and evaluate the causes and consequences of violence in the...
 

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Introduction, The Anthropology of East Europe Review (1993)
This issue presents American and West European anthropological perspectives on recent events prior to the...
 

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Our Rural Metamorphoses in the Eyes of the Ethnologist Joel M. Halpern (with Lidija Boskovic), The Singer Narrates: An American in Orasac (1985)
Our multiethnic community is one of the most mosaicked ethnic and cultural areas in the...
 

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Time and Social Structure: a Yugoslav Case Study, Journal of Family History (1984)
Cyclical and linear time perspectives on family household structures are defined. They are utilized in...
 

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Individual life cycles and family cycles. A comparison of perspectives, The family life cycle in European societies (1977)
This paper seeks to relate changing individual life cycles to changing cycles of family development....
 

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Some Perspectives on Balkan Migration Patterns (with Particular Reference to Yugoslavia), Migration and Urbanization (1975)
To understand fully the meaning of contemporary population movements a view of the past is...
 

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Our Serbian Village (with Barbara Halpern), Review: Yugoslav Monthly Magazine (1969)
 

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Bibliography of English language sources on Yugoslavia [full report], Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports Series
 

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Chapter 11, Language & Chapter 12, Minorities and nationality groups, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Chapter 13, Oral, written literature, and the arts & Chapter 14 Peasant life, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Chapter 15, Physical anthropology & Chapter 16, Politics and government, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Chapter 17, Religion & Chapter 18, Social structure, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Chapter 1, Archaeology and ancient history & Chapter 2, Customs, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Chapter 3, Description and travel & Chapter 4, Economics, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Chapter 5, Education and intellectual life & Chapter 6, Emigration, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Chapter 7, Folklore and peasant art & Chapter 8, General accounts, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Chapter 9, Geography & Chapter 10, History, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Observations on the Intellectual History of Ethnology and other Social Sciences in Yugoslavia, Comparative Studies in Society and History (1969)
As anthropologists turn increasingly to the study of complex societies, they are led to reflect...
 

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The Society, Southeastern Europe: A Guide to Basic Publications (1969)

This annotated area guide presents a judicious evaluation of those writing which are particularly relevant...

 

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Title page, contents, and introduction, Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
Selection from Report #3 of the University of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology's Departmental Research Reports...
 

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Yugoslavia: Modernization in an Ethnically Diverse State, Contemporary Yugoslavia: Twenty Years of Socialist Experiment (1969)
 

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Farming as a Way of Life: Yugoslav Peasant Attitudes, Soviet and East European Agriculture (1967)
 

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Peasant Culture and Urbanization, Ekistics (1966)
This abstract is from the introductory portion of a longer article entitled "Peasant Culture and...
 

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The Zadruga: An Anglo-American View, 1st Congres International des Etudes Balkaniques et Sud-Est Europennes: Resumes des Communications (1966)
This paper concentrates on the South Slav extended family as viewed by observers writing in...
 

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Conrad Maynadier Arensberg (1910-1997), AnthroWatch (1997)
Conrad Maynadier Atensberg died on February 10, 1997. Connie, as he was known to his...
 

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Milenko S. Filipovic, 1902-1969, American Anthropologist (1970)
Filipovic's contributions to Balkan ethnology were unusual in their number and importance. His bibliography contains...
 

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A Brief Survey of English Language Research on Yugoslav Cultural and Social Anthropology and Ethnology, A Symposium on East European Ethnography (1970)
"The focus of this article is an examination of English language sources dealing with Yugoslavia,...
 

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Chapter 7, Folklore and peasant art & Chapter 8, General accounts , Bibliography of English Language Sources on Yugoslavia (1969)
 

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Peasant Society: Economic Changes and Revolutionary Transformation (with John Brode), Biennial Review of Anthropology (1967)
This is the fourth in the series of articles on peasants in the Biennial Review...