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Christmas in purgatory : a photographic essay on mental retardation

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• Published 1974

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Christmas in Purgatory: A Photographic Essay on Mental Retardation Spiral-bound – 1 Jun. 1974

• Language English
• Publisher Human Policy Press
• Publication date 1 Jun. 1974
• Dimensions 21.59 x 1.27 x 27.94 cm
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Christmas in purgatory : a photographic essay on mental retardation / by Burton Blatt & Fred Kaplan ; With an introd. by Seymour B. Sarason

• Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon, 1966
• vi, 122 p. : illus. ; 28 cm.

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