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- ↑ Davis, Caroline (2005), "The Politics of Postcolonial Publishing: Oxford University Press's Three Crowns Series 1962–1976", Book History, 8: 227–244, JSTOR 30227377
- ↑ Davis, Caroline (2013), "Editing Three Crowns", Creating Postcolonial Literature: African Writers and British Publishers, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 123–141, doi:10.1057/9781137328380_9
- ↑ Zell, Hans (2013), "Oxford University Press in Postcolonial Africa: a review essay", African Research & Documentation, 121
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