ADOLESCENT LIVES
Cover: Working and Growing Up in America, from Harvard University PressCover: Working and Growing Up in America in PAPERBACK

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Working and Growing Up in America

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PAPERBACK

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$36.00 • £31.95 • €32.95

ISBN 9780674016149

Publication Date: 02/01/2005

Academic Trade

304 pages

5-11/16 x 8-7/8 inches

8 graphs, 22 tables

Adolescent Lives

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