The structure of an African pastoralist community : demography, history, and ecology of the Ngamiland Herero /

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Author / Creator:Pennington, Renee
Imprint:Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Description:xvi, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Research monographs on human population biology
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1472052
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Other authors / contributors:Harpending, Henry
ISBN:019852286X (cloth) : £45.00 (approx.) ($77.50 U.S.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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