Unanticipated consequences of "humanitarian intervention": The British campaign to abolish the slave trade, 1807-1900

Theory and Society

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-298

  van der Linden, Marcel ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77951767421     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-010-9106-4     Document Type: Article

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