Evidence of Qualitative Learning-by-Doing from the Advent of the ‘Talkie’
✍ Scribed by Charles Moul
- Book ID
- 108516321
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-1821
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