The barbarism of civilization: Cultural genocide and the 'stolen generations'

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-315

  Van Krieken, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aborigines; Barbarism; Civilization; Elias; Stolen generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007198640     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.1999.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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