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Book Title: Averting Global Extinction : Our Irrational Society As Therapy Patient
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Author: Louis S. Berger
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Movements / Psychoanalysis, Psychopathology / General, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Social Psychology
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Psychology, Social Science
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 140 Pages
