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Why Race Matters: Race Differences and What They MeanMichael E. Levin Westport, CT:Greenwood Publishing, 1997, 432 pp. US$65.00 cloth. ISBN 0-275-95789-6. Greenwood Publishing, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007, USA

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Jerry Hirsch
Jerry Hirsch*
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University of Illinois, USA
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 159 - 161
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