The Perspective of Former Pupils:Indigenous Children and Boarding Schools on the Kola Peninsula, 1960s to 1980s

• Main Author: Allemann, Lukas
• Other Authors: Kortekangas, Otso, Keskitalo, Pigga, Nyyssönen, Jukka, Kotljarchuk, Andrej, Paksuniemi, Merja, Sjögren, David
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2019
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/14/3; name=Social anthropology; Kola Peninsula; Lovozero; kola peninsula
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/81b754f9-e181-40ed-a8d5-ddeb90086fe7; https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/5510532/Palgrave_BS_Allemann_PRE_PRINT.pdf; https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030241117

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