History for the Anthropocene

History Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1694-1719

  Robin, Libby ^a,b   Steffen, Will ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 85181214110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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