Contested hegemony: The Great War and the Afro-Asian Assault on the civilizing mission ideology

Journal of World History

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-64

  Adas, Michael ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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COLONIALISM; HEGEMONY; IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL HISTORY;

EID: 1542757262     PISSN: 10456007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jwh.2004.0002     Document Type: Article

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