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- Published 20150203
- ISBN: 9781922182678
- Extent: 264 pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

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Andrea Gaynor
Andrea Gaynor is a professor of history at The University of Western Australia. Her books include Harvest of the Suburbs: An Environmental History of Growing...
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