When Do Collective Memories Last? Founding Moments in the United States and Australia

Social Science History

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-477

  Spillman, Lyn ^a  

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DOI: 10.1017/S0145553200017910     Document Type: Article

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