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Societies under construction: Geographies, sociologies and histories of building

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Societies under construction: Geographies, sociologies and histories of building. / Sage, Daniel J.; Vitry, Chloé.
Cham: Springer, 2018. 267 p.

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Sage, DJ & Vitry, C 2018, Societies under construction: Geographies, sociologies and histories of building. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73996-0

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Sage, D. J., & Vitry, C. (2018). Societies under construction: Geographies, sociologies and histories of building. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73996-0

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Sage DJ, Vitry C. Societies under construction: Geographies, sociologies and histories of building. Cham: Springer, 2018. 267 p. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-73996-0

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Sage, Daniel J. ; Vitry, Chloé. / Societies under construction : Geographies, sociologies and histories of building. Cham : Springer, 2018. 267 p.

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