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Setha M. Low & Erve Chambers
Housing, Culture, and Design [PDF ebook]
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This book originates in two symposia held during 1985 at the annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology and the Environmental Design Research Association.

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Setha M. Low is Professor of Anthropology at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Erve Chambers is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 488 ● ISBN 9781512804287 ● File size 12.7 MB ● Editor Setha M. Low & Erve Chambers ● Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. ● City Philadelphia ● Country US ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7820919 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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