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Introduction: Sandscapes. / Carruthers, Jo.
Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside. ed. / Jo Carruthers; Nour Dakkak. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. p. 1-18.

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Carruthers, J 2020, Introduction: Sandscapes. in J Carruthers & N Dakkak (eds), Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44780-9

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Carruthers, J. (2020). Introduction: Sandscapes. In J. Carruthers, & N. Dakkak (Eds.), Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside (pp. 1-18). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44780-9

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Carruthers J. Introduction: Sandscapes. In Carruthers J, Dakkak N, editors, Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 2020. p. 1-18 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44780-9

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Carruthers, Jo. / Introduction : Sandscapes. Sandscapes: Writing the British Seaside. editor / Jo Carruthers ; Nour Dakkak. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. pp. 1-18

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