Resisting settler-colonial property relations? The WAI 262 claim and report in Aotearoa New Zealand

Settler Colonial Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-243

  Geismar, Haidy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84995962017     PISSN: 2201473X     EISSN: 18380743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2201473X.2013.781923     Document Type: Article

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