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ISBN of print version

0877456704

Publication Date

1999

Publisher

University of Iowa Press

City

Iowa City

Total Pages

x, 478

Keywords

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Rural land use, Urbanization, Agriculture, Farms

Language

English

Disciplines

Law

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