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The lie of the land: challenging received wisdom on the African environment
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Journal Article The lie of the land: challenging received wisdom on the African environment Get access The lie of the land: challenging received wisdom on the African environment. Edited by Melissa Leachand Robin Mearns. Oxford: James Currey. 1996. 240pp. Index. £40.00; ISBN 0 85255 410 9. Pb.: £11.95; ISBN 0 85255 409 5. International Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 1, January 1997, Page 200, https://doi.org/10.2307/2623616 Published: 01 January 1997
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- Venue
- International Affairs
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1997-01
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 200-200
- ISSN
- 0020-5850 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2346
- OpenAlex
- W1999502369
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- FWCI
- 25.57
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- en
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