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Artificial Societies and Virtual Worlds (DiGRA 2005)
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Artificial Societies and Virtual Worlds (DiGRA 2005)
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Play of State: Sovereignty and Governance in MMOGs
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History 1L The History of Play and Leisure, Spring 2008
History 61 The Production of History, Spring 2007
History 62 The History of Reading, Spring 2007
History 87 Development and Modern Africa, Spring 2007
History 88 The Social History of Consumption, Spring 2008
History 89 Environmental History of Africa
History 8B. Mfecane, Mines and Mandela: Southern Africa from 1600 to 2006, Fall 2006
History 8C From Leopold to Kabila: The Bad Twentieth Century in Central Africa, Spring 2008
History of the Future, Spring 2006
The Whole Enchilada, Fall 2003
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