Identity, authority, and the moral worlds of indigenous petitions

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 669-698

  De Costa, Ravi ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CULTURAL HISTORY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MORALITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 33746035637     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417506000260     Document Type: Article

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