Fiction for the purposes of history

Rethinking History

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 221-236

  Slotkin, Richard ^a  

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Author keywords

Fiction; History; Myth; Narrative; Nation; Novel

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347317677     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642520500149152     Document Type: Review

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