Constructing discord: Ideology, propaganda, and english responses to the Irish Rebellion of 1641

Journal of British Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-34

  Shagan, Ethan Howard ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84949117334     PISSN: 00219371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386126     Document Type: Article

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