Gender and missionary influence in Colonial Africa

Africa's Development in Historical Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 489-512

  Nunn, Nathan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905692120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139644594.021     Document Type: Chapter

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