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Benedict Carton is associate professor of history at George Mason University. He is a specialist in the history of Southern Africa and the author of Blood from Your Children: Colonial Origins of Generational Conflict in South Africa (University of Virginia Press, 2000; ISBN   978-0813919324). [1]

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References

  1. Lambert, John (November 2000). South African Historical Journal. 43 (1): 277–294. doi:10.1080/02582470008671917. ISSN   0258-2473. S2CID   219697621.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)