Book review: Paul Carter: Naming no man’s land: Postcolonial toponymies
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Carter, Paul (2024) Naming no man’s land: Postcolonial toponymies. Cham: Palgrave Macmillian. XIX, 251 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. ISBN: 978-3-031-60687-8 (hardcover), 978-3-031-60688-5 (eBook), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60688-5. US$ 139.99 (hardcover), US$ 119.99 (eBook).
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