'Out of place' in Auschwitz? Contested development in post-war and post-socialist Oświecim

Ethics, Place and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-172

  Charlesworth, Andrew ^a   Stenning, Alison ^b   Guzik, Robert ^c   Paszkowski, Michal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; LAND USE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL HISTORY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 33745105360     PISSN: 1366879X     EISSN: 14696703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668790600707618     Document Type: Article

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