Staging a Christopher Columbus play in a culture of illusion: Public pedagogy in a theatre of genocide

Policy Futures in Education

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 735-746

  McKenna, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

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EID: 84855643258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14782103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/pfie.2011.9.6.735     Document Type: Article

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