Materialism and self-presentational styles
β Scribed by Andrew N. Christopher; Ryan D. Morgan; Pam Marek; Maggie Keller; Kansie Drummond
- Book ID
- 113836286
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 273 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0191-8869
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