The Natural World

184 Pages·1991·23.283 MB·English

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CONSULTANTS
General:
NEILC.ROBERTS,LecturerinPhysicalGe-
ography,LoughboroughUniversityofTech-
nology,England
Classical:
GRAEMEBARKER,ProfessorofArchaeolo-
gy,UniversityofLeicester,England
China:
CHRISTOPHER CULLEN, Lecturer in the
HistorvofAsianTechnology,SchoolofOri-
entalandAfricanStudies,UniversityofLon-
don
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ography,LoughboroughUniversityofTech-
nology,England