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Original Articles

Historicising agrarian transformation. Agricultural commercialisation and social differentiation in Wolaita, southern Ethiopia

Pages 193-211 | Received 25 Sep 2014, Accepted 24 Mar 2015, Published online: 29 Apr 2015

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