Rogers M. Smith is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Stories of Peoplehood.
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Rogers M. Smith is Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Stories of Peoplehood.
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