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G.P. Murdock, Our Primitive Contemporaries (New York: Macmillan, 1934), p. 298; F. Boas, The Central Eskimo, Smithsonian Institute, 6th annual report of Bureau of Ethnology, 1884-5, p. 541.
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For further discussion see Famille et Habitation Vol. I, Sciences humaines et conceptions de l'habitation (Paris: Ed. du C.N.R.S., 1959), ch. I: 'L'habitation et la famille dans diverses civilisations.'
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G.A. Atkinson , 'Mass Housing in rapidly developing Tropical Areas', Town Planning Review, vol. 31 (2) July, pp. 90ff.
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Local Government Board for England, Wales and Scotland.Report of the Committee appointed to consider the question of building construction in connection with the provision of dwellings for the working classes, H.M.S.O., 1918; Central Housing Advisory Committee, Design of Dwellings, H.M.S.O., 1944; Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Homes for To-day and To-morrow, H.M.S.O., 1961.
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For further discussion see J.C. Weston, 'International comparisons of the cost of Housebuilding', Jnl. of Industrial Economics, vol. XII, Nov. 1963, pp. 33-38.
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' Ministry of Health, The Cost of House Building, ist report of Committee of Enquiry, H.M.S.O., 1948.
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J.C. Weston, op. cit
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Ministry of Labour, Family Expenditure Survey 1962, H.M.S.O., 1963 ; Who buys Houses?Co-operative Permanent Building Soc., Occasional Bull. No. 59, 1963.
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Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Homes for To-day and To-morrow, H.M.S.O., 1961.
