Pagan tourism and the management of ancient sites in Cornwall

Dark Tourism and Place Identity: Managing and interpreting dark places

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 97-114

  Laws, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85013976423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203134900-17     Document Type: Chapter

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