Unreconstructed democracy: W. E. B. Du Bois and the case for reparations

American Political Science Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-44

  Balfour, Lawrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0037307799     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055403000509     Document Type: Review

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