INTERGENERATIONAL LAND TRANSACTIONS ON ROTA, MARIANA ISLANDS: A STUDY OF ETHNOGRAPHIC THEORY
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1972Keywords
Inheritance and succession (Primitive law) -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Rota Island.Rota Island (Northern Mariana Islands) -- Economic conditions.
Rota Island (Northern Mariana Islands) -- Social conditions.
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