Collective memory and cultural constraint: Holocaust myth and rationality in German politics

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 921-936

  Olick, Jeffrey K ^a   Levy, Daniel ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0001723881     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657347     Document Type: Article

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