Isle of cloves, sea of discourses: Writing about zanzibar

Cultural Geographies (formerly Ecumene)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 408-426

  Myers, Garth Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84992845386     PISSN: 14744740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147447409600300403     Document Type: Article

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