Introduction: History in the digital age

History in the Digital Age

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-20

  Weller, Toni ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905998964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203093443     Document Type: Editorial

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