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The Industrial Archaeology of Entertainment

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Hall, M. (2005). The Industrial Archaeology of Entertainment. In: Casella, E.C., Symonds, J. (eds) Industrial Archaeology. Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22831-4_13

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