Searching for the 'ideal face of the state' in a Lebanese border town

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-346

  Obeid, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953764808     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01628.x     Document Type: Article

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