Sugar, colonialism, and death: On the origins of Mexico's day of the dead

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 270-299

  Brandes, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0010417500020624     Document Type: Article

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