The Discoverers
- ISBN-10
- 0460046624
- ISBN-13
- 9780460046626
- Series
- The Discoverers
- Category
- Civilization
- Pages
- 745
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983-01-01
- Author
- Daniel Joseph Boorstin
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- 1993-10
- 35 pages
- Paperback
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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