English ancestors: The moral possibilities of popular genealogy

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 462-480

  Cannell, Fenella ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79961098386     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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