Family Metaphors: The Language of an Independence Revolution

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 154-180

  Felstiner, Mary Lowenthal ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S0010417500010343     Document Type: Article

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