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Legends of people, myths of state : violence, intolerance, and political culture in Sri Lanka and Australia / Bruce Kapferer
Bib ID 167922
Format BookBook
Author
Kapferer, Bruce
 
Description Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1988 
xv, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 0874745667
0874745659 (paperback)
1560985739 (paperback)
Series

Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry.

Full contents Includes index 
Notes

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 245-258.

Subjects Nationalism -- Case studies.  |  State, The -- Case studies.  |  Ethnic relations -- Case studies.  |  Political culture -- Sri Lanka.  |  Political culture -- Australia.

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