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Journal of Geography in Higher Education Volume 23, 1999 - Issue 2
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Developing Fieldwork in Social and Cultural Geography: Illustrations from a residential field class in Los Angeles and Las Vegas

Jon May
Pages 207-225 | Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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