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Settler colonialism and migrant letters: the Forbes family and letter-writing in South Africa 1850–1922

Liz StanleySociology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 398-428 | Received 03 Jun 2015, Accepted 30 Nov 2015, Published online: 01 Feb 2016

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