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- ↑ Efferink, Leonhardt van (2010-08-05). "Martin Lewis: Metageographies, postmodernism and fallacy of unit comparability". Exploring Geopolitics. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ↑ Goss, Jon (1993). "Reviewed work: Wagering the Land: Ritual, Capital, and Environmental Degradation in the Cordillera of Northern Luzon, Martin W. Lewis". Geographical Review. 83 (2): 217–219. doi:10.2307/215265. JSTOR 215265.
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