Postcolonialism and museum knowledge: Revisiting the museums of the Pacific

Pacific Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 308-318

  Macleod, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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POST-COLONIALISM;

EID: 0032452046     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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