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Book Title: Romancing The Wild: Cultural Dimensions Of Ecotourism
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Robert Fletcher
Publication Name: Romancing the Wild : Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-FIRST Century Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
