Memory as a cultural system: Abraham Lincoln in World War II

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 908-927

  Schwartz, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/2096461     Document Type: Article

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