Excursions into the un-remembered past: What people want from visits to historical sites

Public Historian

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 107-127

  Cameron, Catherine M ^a   Gatewood, John B ^b  

^a Department of Social Sciences ^*

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8344239920     PISSN: 02723433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3379582     Document Type: Review

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