Conspiracy Theories as Ethnosociologies: Explanation and Intention in African American Political Culture

Journal of Black Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-125

  Waters, Anita M ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990374144     PISSN: 00219347     EISSN: 15524566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002193479702800107     Document Type: Article

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