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Tourists as Story-Builders: Narrative Construction at a Heritage Museum

Athinodoros Chronis College of Business Administration, California State University, Turlock, CA, 95382, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 444-459 | Received 11 Aug 2011, Accepted 02 Feb 2012, Published online: 10 Jul 2012

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