The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Pastby John Lewis Gaddis
β Scribed by Review by: William Pencak
- Book ID
- 125574735
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 317 KB
- Volume
- 127
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-4587
- DOI
- 10.2307/20093652
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