"Do Miners Read Dickens?": Communities, Universities and a New Beginning : Inaugural Lecture, Delivered at the College [i.e. University College...
- ISBN-10
- 0860761053
- ISBN-13
- 9780860761051
- Category
- Adult education
- Pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Author
- Hywel Francis
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