Civil society and crisis: Culture, discourse, and the Rodney King beating

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1238-1272

  Jacobs, Ronald N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030526430     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/230822     Document Type: Article

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