Social Science and the Self: Personal Essays on an Art Form
- ISBN-10
- 0813517141
- ISBN-13
- 9780813517148
- Category
- Self
- Pages
- 296
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Susan Krieger
- Author
- Susan Krieger
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