The Subject in the Plot: National Boundaries and the “History” of the Black Atlantic

African Studies Review

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-124

  Bennett, Herman L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011454629     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: 15552462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/524723     Document Type: Article

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