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A resynthesis of the primordial and circumstantial approaches to ethnic group solidarity: Towards an explanatory model

George M. Scott Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, California State University, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA, 90840, USA
Pages 147-171 | Published online: 13 Sep 2010

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