Collective violence and group solidarity: Evidence from a feuding society

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 356-380

  Gould, Roger V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; VIOLENCE;

CORSICA; FRANCE;

EID: 0032814762     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657491     Document Type: Article

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