How a plantation became paradise: Changing representations of the homeland among displaced Chagos islanders

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 951-968

  Jeffery, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36349011969     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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