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A Reply to William Becker

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2011

Larry G. Gerber
Larry G. Gerber
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Auburn University
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Journal of Policy History , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 366 - 372
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Copyright © The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 1993

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