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Why Don't Anthropologists Like Children?
dc.contributor.authorHirschfeld, Lawrence A.en_US
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dc.date.issued2002-06en_US
dc.identifier.citationHirschfeld, Lawrence A. (2002). "Why Don't Anthropologists Like Children?." American Anthropologist 104(2): 611-627. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66060>en_US
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dc.rights2002 American Anthropological Associationen_US
dc.titleWhy Don't Anthropologists Like Children?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAnthropologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
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dc.contributor.affiliationumAnthropology and Psychology, 1020 LS&A Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1525/aa.2002.104.2.611en_US
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