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Article: The Categorical Impulse: Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behaviour.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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August 1, 2006
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1845450175

The categorical impulse; essays on the anthropology of classifying behaviour.

Ellen, Roy.

Berghahn Books

2006

233 pages

$70.00

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