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Item Length: 9.3in
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Author: Ruth Spack
Publication Name: America's Second Tongue : American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860-1900
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication Year: 2002
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 231 Pages
