Poland's wild east

Titel: Poland's wild east : imagined landscapes and everyday life in the Volhynian Borderlands, 1918-1939 / Kathryn Clare Ciancia
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Veröffentlicht: 2011
Umfang: XI, 239 Seiten : 8 Illustrationen
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
Hochschulschrift: Ph. D., Stanford University, 2011
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