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- 1 2 Thomas Gallant profile at the UC San Diego dept. of history
- 1 2 3 Thomas Gallant's webpage at the UC San Diego
- ↑ "Jim Karygiannis on The 1918 Anti-Greek Riot in Toronto"
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