Histories of suspicion in a time of conspiracy: A reflection on Aubrey Lewis's history of paranoia

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 89-109

  Harper, David J ^a  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84965937048     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095269519400700304     Document Type: Article

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