Between "oriental depravity" and "natural degenerates": Spatial borderlands and the making of ordinary Americans

American Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 703-725

  Shah, Nayan ^a  

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EID: 61349174834     PISSN: 00030678     EISSN: 10806490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aq.2005.0053     Document Type: Review

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