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Migrants and the media in nineteenth-century Liverpool

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Migrants and the media in nineteenth-century Liverpool. / Pooley, Colin.
In: Local Population Studies, Vol. 92, 2014, p. 24-37.

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Pooley, C 2014, 'Migrants and the media in nineteenth-century Liverpool', Local Population Studies, vol. 92, pp. 24-37.

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Pooley, C. (2014). Migrants and the media in nineteenth-century Liverpool. Local Population Studies, 92, 24-37.

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Pooley C. Migrants and the media in nineteenth-century Liverpool. Local Population Studies. 2014;92:24-37.

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Pooley, Colin. / Migrants and the media in nineteenth-century Liverpool. In: Local Population Studies. 2014 ; Vol. 92. pp. 24-37.

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