The “hysterical” Emily Hobhouse and Boer War concentration camp controversy

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 138-163

  Hasian, Marouf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boer War; Concentration Camps; Emily Hobhouse; Hysteria; Ideographic; Rhetoric; Synchronic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038805628     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310309374764     Document Type: Article

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