Cliffsquickreview American Goverment (Cliffs Quick Review)

D. Stephen Voss; Paul Soifer

ISBN 10: 0764563726 / ISBN 13: 9780764563720

Editore: Cliff Notes, 2001

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Codice articolo G0764563726I4N00

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Informazioni sull'autore: About the Author Paul Soifer holds a Ph.D. in history from Pennsylvania State University. He has more than a decade of experience teaching American history at the college level and is currently chair of the History Department at Yeshiva University High Schools of Los Angeles. Abraham Hoffman has taught Advanced Placement U.S. History since 1982 in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He has served four terms as an AP reader for the U.S. History exam. D. Stephen Voss, a specialist in voting behavior, is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. He received his doctorate from Harvard University.

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Titolo: Cliffsquickreview American Goverment (Cliffs...
Casa editrice: Cliff Notes
Data di pubblicazione: 2001
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
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