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- ↑ "Emeritus & Adjunct Faculty | Department of Anthropology". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ↑ "Alan C. Swedlund CV" (PDF). people.umass.edu.
- ↑ "Shadows in the Valley | University of Massachusetts Press". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ↑ Swedlund, Alan (2010). Shadows in the Valley: A Cultural History of Illness, Death, and Loss in New England, 1840-1916. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781613760499 . Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ "University of Colorado Boulder | Department of Anthropology".
- ↑ "Emory University | Department of Anthropology | George Armelagos | Professional Experience". www.anthropology.emory.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ↑ "Emeritus & Adjunct Faculty | Department of Anthropology". www.umass.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
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