Problems in the history of primitive society =

Problemy istorii pervobytnogo obshchestva

by N. A. Butinov

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Published 1962 by Published for the National Science Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations in Jerusalem .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Economic anthropology.

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Edition Notes

Statement	N.A. Butinov ; translated from the Russian.
The Physical Object
Pagination	56 p. ;
Number of Pages	56
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL15995662M

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