The Ribbon Around the Pentagon: Peace by Piecemakers
- ISBN-10
- 0870499238
- ISBN-13
- 9780870499234
- Category
- Antinuclear movement
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Univ. of Tennessee Press
- Author
- Linda Pershing
Description
In “ And Other Neighborly Names ” : Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore , edited by Richard Bauman and Roger D. Abrahams , 303–21 . Austin : Univ . of Texas Press . - . 1982. “ The Language of Festivals : Celebrating the ...
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