Exploring beyond history with a capital ‘H’

Current Writing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 38-61

  Nuttall, Tim ^a   Wright, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 0141464503     PISSN: 1013929X     EISSN: 21599130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1013929X.1998.9678042     Document Type: Article

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