’witnesses in spite of themselves’: Reconstructing afro-caribbean culture in the Danish West Indian archives

Scandinavian Economic History Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 61-76

  Olwig, Karen Fog ^a  

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EID: 4243747855     PISSN: 03585522     EISSN: 17502837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03585522.1984.10408023     Document Type: Article

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