Hero and the Historians
Historiography and the Uses of Jacques Cartier
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
Av Alan Gordon
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2010-02-15
- Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
- Vikt480 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor248
- FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
- ISBN9780774817417
- UtmärkelserShort-listed for Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010 (Canada)