Fort McMurray, wood buffalo, and the oil/tar sands: Revisiting the sociology of "community" - Introduction to the special issue

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-140

  Dorow, Sara ^a   O'Shaughnessy, Sara ^a  

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EID: 84881532765     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/cjs19889     Document Type: Article

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