Beyond legibility: Violence, conflict and development in a South African Township1

African Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-102

  Bähre, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84860632329     PISSN: 00020184     EISSN: 14692872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00020180701275956     Document Type: Article

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