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Original Articles

Rural Social Networks along Amazonian Rivers: Seeds, Labor and Soccer among Communities on the Napo River, Peru

Pages 92-119 | Received 17 Aug 2016, Accepted 14 Nov 2016, Published online: 01 Nov 2019

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