6 edition of The age of transition: Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries found in the catalog.
The age of transition: Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
D. F. Macdonald
Published
1967
by Macmillan, St. Martin"s P. in London, Melbourne [etc.], New York
.
Written in
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 227-233.
| Statement | [by] D. F. Macdonald. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | DA530 .M2 1967 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | [6], 249 p. |
| Number of Pages | 249 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5534908M |
| LC Control Number | 67011555 |
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