Introduction 'translocality': An approach to connection and transfer in area studies

Studies in Global Social History

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-21

  Freitag, Ulrike ^a   Von Oppen, Achim ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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EID: 84941145858     PISSN: 18746705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004181168.i-452.8     Document Type: Review

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