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24 - Global geology and the tectonics of empire

from IV - Connecting and conserving

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2018

By
James A. Secord
Edited by
Helen Anne Curry ,
Nicholas Jardine ,
James Andrew Secord  and
Emma C. Spary
Helen Anne Curry
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Nicholas Jardine
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
James Andrew Secord
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Emma C. Spary
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
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Worlds of Natural History , pp. 401 - 417
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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