At the margin: Continuing crisis in British environmental history?

Endeavour

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 97-100

  Luckin, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HISTORY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BRITAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; INDUSTRIAL CITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5444244578     PISSN: 01609327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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