Guest editorial: Colonialism and the Irish Famine
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Famine — The Irish experience 900-1900
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عنوان ژورنال: Dialogues in Human Geography
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2043-8206,2043-8214
DOI: 10.1177/204382061200200101