Violence and local state formation: A longitudinal case study of Appalachian feuding

Law and Society Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 671-704

  Blee, Kathleen M ^a   Billings, Dwight B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030355379     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3054114     Document Type: Article

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