Telling the difference: Nineteenth-century legal narratives of racial taxonomy

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 611-636

  Elliott, Michael A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 9944249734     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.1999.tb00143.x     Document Type: Article

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