Dismemberment and suffocation: A contribution to the debate on African boundaries

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1093-1118

  Englebert, Pierre ^a   Tarango, Stacy ^a   Carter, Matthew ^b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036451515     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001041402237944     Document Type: Article

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