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Christof Mauch & Christian Pfister
Natural Disasters, Cultural Responses
Case Studies Toward a Global Environmental History

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Language English ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9780739134610 ● Editor Christof Mauch & Christian Pfister ● Publisher Lexington Books ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2464518 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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