FRONTMATTER INTRODUCTION

The Developing Person, Through the Life Span, Ninth Edition

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Kathleen Stassen Berger

Bronx Community College
City University of New York

WORTH PUBLISHERS

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2014935218

ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-8381-6

ISBN-10: 1-4292-8381-5

ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-8393-9 (ppbk.)

ISBN-10: 1-4292-8393-9 (ppbk.)

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ISBN-10: 1-4641-3979-2 (LL)

 

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