Dystopian space in colonial representations and interventions: Sierra leone as 'the white man's grave'

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 189-200

  Phillips, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CONFLICT;

AFRICA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749569789     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2002.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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