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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-06 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 425
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-06 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-03 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental History VSNY Book Award, New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America Hornbl
Language: en
Pages: 336
Pages: 336
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-06 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once synonymous with steel. But after the factories closed, the city bet its future on a new industry: casino gambling. On the site
Language: en
Pages: 372
Pages: 372
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
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