The inscription of difference: News coverage of the conflicts in Rwanda and Bosnia

Political Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-46

  Myers, Garth ^a   Klak, Thomas ^b   Koehl, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001973128     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0962-6298(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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