Disability and culture

by Ingstad, Benedicte Whyte, Susan Reynolds

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Full title :Disability and culture / edited by Benedicte Ingstad, Susan Reynolds Whyte

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1995

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of California Press
Place of Publication:Los Angeles
Language:eng
Publication Date:1995

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Description:307 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0520083601, 9780520083608, 0520083628, 9780520083622
oclc:ocn470421334
LC Classification:HV1568
Dewey Decimal:305.90816

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