Who's afraid of violent language? Honour, sovereignty and claims-making in the League of Nations

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-291

  Cowan, Jane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Claims making; International institutions; League of Nations; Minorities; Minority treaties; Petitions; Rights; Sovereignty; Violent language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846427894     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14634996030033002     Document Type: Article

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