Farm succession in modern Ireland: elements of a theory of inheritance

A Theory of the Allocation of Time

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The Gift: Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies.

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Humanities, Folklore Studies, History +14

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Richard H. Helmholz, Barbara A. Hanawalt · The American Historical Review · 1987 · 338 citations

Humanities, History, Medieval Studies +16