The power of apology and the process of historical reconciliation

Public Historian

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 9-38

  Weyeneth, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141780719     PISSN: 02723433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/tph.2001.23.3.9     Document Type: Article

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