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Murder on the Tokyo subway: nerve centres, religion and violence

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Murder on the Tokyo subway: nerve centres, religion and violence . / Reader, Ian.
In: Space and Polity, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2013, p. 377-392.

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Reader, I 2013, 'Murder on the Tokyo subway: nerve centres, religion and violence ', Space and Polity, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 377-392. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2013.850824

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Reader, I. (2013). Murder on the Tokyo subway: nerve centres, religion and violence . Space and Polity, 17(3), 377-392. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562576.2013.850824

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Reader I. Murder on the Tokyo subway: nerve centres, religion and violence . Space and Polity. 2013;17(3):377-392. doi: 10.1080/13562576.2013.850824

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Reader, Ian. / Murder on the Tokyo subway : nerve centres, religion and violence . In: Space and Polity. 2013 ; Vol. 17, No. 3. pp. 377-392.

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