Bringing religion into working-class history: Parish, public, and politics in Providence, 1890-1930

Social Science History

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 149-182

  Sterne, Evelyn Savidge ^a  

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EID: 0040442753     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-24-1-149     Document Type: Review

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