What makes rational peasants revolutionary?

World Politics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 383-418

  Lichbach, Mark I ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

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COLLECTIVE ACTION; PEASANT RESISTANCE;

EID: 0028192916     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2950687     Document Type: Article

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