Children's thinking about cultural universals

Children's Thinking About Cultural Universals

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-455

  Brophy, Jere ^a   Alleman, Janet ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410615619     Document Type: Book

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