Colonial Moments in Greenland: Mutable Tensions in the Contact Zone

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Colonial Moments in Greenland : Mutable Tensions in the Contact Zone. / Hastrup, Kirsten Blinkenberg.

I: Itinerario: International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction, Bind 43, Nr. 2, 2019, s. 243-261.

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Hastrup, KB 2019, 'Colonial Moments in Greenland: Mutable Tensions in the Contact Zone', Itinerario: International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction, bind 43, nr. 2, s. 243-261. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165115319000251

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Hastrup, K. B. (2019). Colonial Moments in Greenland: Mutable Tensions in the Contact Zone. Itinerario: International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction, 43(2), 243-261. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165115319000251

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Hastrup KB. Colonial Moments in Greenland: Mutable Tensions in the Contact Zone. Itinerario: International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction. 2019;43(2):243-261. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0165115319000251

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Hastrup, Kirsten Blinkenberg. / Colonial Moments in Greenland : Mutable Tensions in the Contact Zone. I: Itinerario: International Journal on the History of European Expansion and Global Interaction. 2019 ; Bind 43, Nr. 2. s. 243-261.

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