Monsters of modernity: Frankenstein and modern environmentalism

Cultural Geographies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-198

  Hammond, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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ENVIRONMENTALISM;

EID: 1942466511     PISSN: 14744740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/14744744004eu301oa     Document Type: Article

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