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Understanding Civilizations: A Review Article

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Eric R. Wolf
Eric R. Wolf
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University of Michigan
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , July 1967 , pp. 446 - 465
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1967

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