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Review of Broken Cities: A Historical Sociology of Ruins by Martin Devecka

Review of Broken Cities: A Historical Sociology of Ruins by Martin Devecka

October 13, 2023

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Broken Cities: A Historical Sociology of Ruins. Martin Devecka. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. ISBN: 9781421438412.

Reviewed by Brian de Ruiter, Brock University

Edited by Jeanne E. Grant and intern J. A. Bjork

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