Vagabonds and Tourists

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Vagabonds and Tourists. / Kristensen, Kristian Søby.

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology . red. / George Ritzer; J. Michael Ryan; Betsy Thorn. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2018.

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Kristensen, KS 2018, Vagabonds and Tourists. i G Ritzer, JM Ryan & B Thorn (red), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518

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Kristensen, K. S. (2018). Vagabonds and Tourists. I G. Ritzer, J. M. Ryan, & B. Thorn (red.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518

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Kristensen KS. Vagabonds and Tourists. I Ritzer G, Ryan JM, Thorn B, red., The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology . Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 2018 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405165518

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Kristensen, Kristian Søby. / Vagabonds and Tourists. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology . red. / George Ritzer ; J. Michael Ryan ; Betsy Thorn. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2018.

Bibtex

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