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Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Patterns of Culture
Publisher: HarperCollins
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnopsychology, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Publication Year: 2006
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
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Subject Area: Référence, Social Science, Psychology
Item Length: 8.3 in
Author: Ruth Benedict
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
