Allan D. Birnbaum 1923-1976
✍ Scribed by Bernard Norton
- Book ID
- 125776839
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Year
- 1977
- Weight
- 396 KB
- Volume
- 140
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9238
- DOI
- 10.2307/2345308
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