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No family is an island : cultural expertise among Samoans in diaspora /

Government bureaucracies across the globe have become increasingly attuned in recent years to cultural diversity within their populations. Using culture as a category to process people and dispense services, however, can create its own problems and unintended consequences. In No Family Is an Island,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gershon, Ilana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Colección:Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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