Festivals Sourcebook
- ISBN-10
- 0810303116
- ISBN-13
- 9780810303119
- Category
- Social Science / Customs & Traditions
- Pages
- 680
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Gale Research Company
- Authors
- Paul Wasserman, Esther Herman, Elizabeth A. Root
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- 1984
- 721 pages
- Paperback
- Gale Research Company
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