Tactics of the governed: figures of abandonment in Andean Peru

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Tactics of the governed : figures of abandonment in Andean Peru. / Rasmussen, Mattias Borg.

In: Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2017, p. 327-353.

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Rasmussen, MB 2017, 'Tactics of the governed: figures of abandonment in Andean Peru', Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 327-353. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X16001826

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Rasmussen, M. B. (2017). Tactics of the governed: figures of abandonment in Andean Peru. Journal of Latin American Studies, 49(2), 327-353. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X16001826

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Rasmussen MB. Tactics of the governed: figures of abandonment in Andean Peru. Journal of Latin American Studies. 2017;49(2):327-353. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X16001826

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Rasmussen, Mattias Borg. / Tactics of the governed : figures of abandonment in Andean Peru. In: Journal of Latin American Studies. 2017 ; Vol. 49, No. 2. pp. 327-353.

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