Framing the nation: Law and the cultivation of national character stereotypes in the NAFTA debate and beyond

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-45

  Simon, Suzanne ^a  

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EID: 84905766544     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/pol.2007.30.1.22     Document Type: Article

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