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Ethnic Groups and Boundaries: The Social Organization of Culture Difference

Maurice Freedman, +1 more
- 01 Jun 1970 - 
- Vol. 21, Iss: 2, pp 231
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This article is published in British Journal of Sociology.The article was published on 1970-06-01. It has received 4205 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social organization & Ethnic group.

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