From savage to citizen: Education, colonialism and idiocy

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 561-574

  Simpson, Murray K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547940698     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690701505326     Document Type: Article

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