Modernity and its aspirants moral community and developmental eutopianism in Buganda

Current Anthropology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 595-619

  Karlström, Mikael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 22144494027     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423974     Document Type: Review

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