Dark tourism and national identity in the Australian history curriculum: Unexamined questions regarding educational visits to sites of human suffering

Tourism and National Identities: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 202-214

  Wilson, Jacqueline Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

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EID: 84971477394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203855966-19     Document Type: Chapter

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