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"They're Worse Off Than Us"- The Social Construction of European Space and Boundaries in the German/Polish Twin-City Guben-Gubin

Jorg Durrschmidt Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), Erkner, Germany
Pages 123-150 | Published online: 24 Sep 2010

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