A maritime response to the crisis in area studies

Geographical Review

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-168

  Lewis, Martin W ^a   Wigen, Kären ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Area studies; Metageography; Oceans; World regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040364638     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.1999.tb00211.x     Document Type: Article

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