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Notes on contributors viii
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Karl F. Friday
PART I
Geography and the environment 11
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Bruce L. Batten
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Douglas S. Fuqua
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Political events and institutions 53
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Simon Kaner
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Sakaue Yasutoshi, with Kristopher L. Reeves
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Mikael S. Adolphson