Constance Rourke and American Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0807814024
- ISBN-13
- 9780807814024
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Author
- Joan Shelley Rubin
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Constance Rourke and American Culture
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