Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness: Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism?

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Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness : Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism? . / Goddard, Joseph.

I: Journal of Urban History, Bind 37, Nr. 4, 2011, s. 562-582.

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Goddard, J 2011, 'Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness: Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism? ', Journal of Urban History, bind 37, nr. 4, s. 562-582. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144211403087

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Goddard, J. (2011). Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness: Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism? . Journal of Urban History, 37(4), 562-582. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144211403087

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Goddard J. Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness: Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism? . Journal of Urban History. 2011;37(4):562-582. https://doi.org/10.1177/0096144211403087

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Goddard, Joseph. / Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness : Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism? . I: Journal of Urban History. 2011 ; Bind 37, Nr. 4. s. 562-582.

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