Politics and ideology in the early East India Company-State: The case of St Helena, 1673-1709

Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  Stern, Philip J ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847686309     PISSN: 03086534     EISSN: 17439329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03086530601143362     Document Type: Review

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