The social organization of representations of history: The textual accomplishment of coming to terms with the past

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-355

  Tileagǎ, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CRIME; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROMANIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNISM; CRIME; DEMOCRACY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; ROMANIA; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 67649083757     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466608X349487     Document Type: Article

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