Modern magic and the war on miracles in French colonial culture

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-99

  Jones, Graham M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CULTURAL HISTORY; MODERNITY; POLITICAL HISTORY;

ALGERIA;

EID: 77949781904     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417509990338     Document Type: Article

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