Representing world history in the 21st century: The impact of 9/11, the Iraq war, and the nation-state on dynamics of collective remembering

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 667-692

  Liu, James H ^a   Paez, Dario ^b   Slawuta, Patrycja ^c   Cabecinhas, Rosa ^d   Techio, Elza ^b,e   Kokdemir, Dogan ^f   Sen, Ragini ^g   Vincze, Orsolya ^h   Muluk, Hamdi ⁱ   Wang, Feixue ^j   Zlobina, Anya ^k  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^e University of Paribas   (Portugal)

^f BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g Logistics   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^j SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^k SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Ethnic identity; Group processes; Intergroup relations prejudice; National development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349308517     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022109335557     Document Type: Article

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