Theorizing meaning construction in social movements: Symbolic structures and interpretation during the Irish Land War, 1879-1882

Sociological Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-276

  Kane, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/0735-2751.00034     Document Type: Article

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