Patagonia: Myths and Realities

Patagonia: Myths and Realities
ISBN-10
3039109170
ISBN-13
9783039109173
Series
Patagonia
Category
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
Pages
267
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Peter Lang
Authors
Jason Wilson, Fernanda Peñaloza

Description

"This volume is a selection of the papers presented during the international conference Patagonia: Myths and Realities organised through the Centre of Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester and held in September 2005 at the Manchester Museum"--Introd.

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