Montreal Modern: Retro Culture and the Modern Past in Montreal

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Montreal Modern : Retro Culture and the Modern Past in Montreal. / Handberg, Kristian.

In: Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2015, p. 67-89.

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Harvard

Handberg, K 2015, 'Montreal Modern: Retro Culture and the Modern Past in Montreal', Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 67-89. https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1571

APA

Handberg, K. (2015). Montreal Modern: Retro Culture and the Modern Past in Montreal. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 7(1), 67-89. https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1571

Vancouver

Handberg K. Montreal Modern: Retro Culture and the Modern Past in Montreal. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research. 2015;7(1):67-89. https://doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.1571

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Handberg, Kristian. / Montreal Modern : Retro Culture and the Modern Past in Montreal. In: Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research. 2015 ; Vol. 7, No. 1. pp. 67-89.

Bibtex

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