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- ↑ For example: P. Gallardo and E. Russell (eds) Yesterday's Tomorrows: On Utopia and Dystopia Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2014; A. Blaim and L. Gruszewska Blaim (eds) Spectres of Utopia: Theory, Practice, Conventions Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 2012.
