Reconstructing racial identity and the African past in the Dominican Republic

Reconstructing Racial Identity and the African Past in the Dominican Republic

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-148

  Simmons, Kimberly Eison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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