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Introduction to Soils and Sustainability Special Issue

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Geoff Cunfer*
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Department of History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Social Science History , Volume 45 , Special Issue 4: Soils and Sustainability , Winter 2021 , pp. 617 - 623
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