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The Private Lives of Empire: Emotion, Intimacy, and Colonial Rule

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Itinerario , Volume 42 , Special Issue 1: The Private Lives of Empire: Emotion, Intimacy, and Colonial Rule , April 2018 , pp. 1 - 15
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