Political identities and property restitution in Transylvania, Romania

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 120-141

  Verdery, Katherine ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141840267     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/pol.1997.20.1.120     Document Type: Article

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