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Walker, Of Teachers College, Columbia University. TO Professor Sanford special thanks are due for her generous sacrifice Of time and effort in the reading of the proofs during the editor's prolonged absence abroad.
The advisory committee, consisting Of Professors Raymond Clare Archibald Of Brown University, Professor Florian Ca jori Of the University of California, and Professor Leonard Eugene Dickson of the University of Chicago, have all contributed Of their time and knowledge in the selection of topics and in the securing Of competent translators. Without their aid the labor of preparing this work would have been too great a burden to have been assumed by the editor.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0282554904
- ISBN 13 9780282554903
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages737
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