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Romancing The Wild: Cultural Dimensions Of Ecotourism

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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: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Duke University Press

Publication Year: 2014

Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-FIRST Century Ser.

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 12.6 Oz

Number of Pages: 264 Pages

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