Migrations and boundary work: Harvard, radical economists, and the committee on political discrimination

Science in Context

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-143

  Mata, Tiago ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68149170535     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: 14740664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269889708002093     Document Type: Article

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