Del 40 - Multilingual Matters
Minority Education: From Shame to Struggle
Häftad, Engelska, 1988
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum1988-07-25
- Mått148 x 210 x 22 mm
- Vikt526 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieMultilingual Matters
- Antal sidor424
- FörlagChannel View Publications Ltd
- ISBN9781853590030