Life History interviewing

The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 172-192

  Jackson, Peter ^a   Russell, Polly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH LIBRARY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917723623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9780857021090.n12     Document Type: Chapter

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