Culture and the development of mathematics: An historical perspective

Culturally Responsive Mathematics Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 11-41

  Swetz, Frank J ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203879948     Document Type: Chapter

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