Blues in the green: Ecocriticism under critique

Environmental History

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-36

  Cohen, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE;

POLYOMMATINAE;

EID: 1542651069     PISSN: 10845453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3985943     Document Type: Article

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