Soviet tourismin the baltic states: Remembrance versus nostalgia - just different shades of dark?

Dark Tourism and Place Identity: Managing and interpreting dark places

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 115-128

  McKenzie, Brent ^a,b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 85013975866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203134900-18     Document Type: Chapter

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