Reconstructing reality: Conspiracy theories about Jonestown

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 200-220

  Moore, Rebecca ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036766149     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5931.00002     Document Type: Review

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