Elite revisionists and popular beliefs: Christopher Columbus, hero or villain?

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-29

  Schuman, Howard ^a   Schwartz, Barry ^b   Darcy, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 20844431831     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfi001     Document Type: Article

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