Cultural transferability and cross-cultural textbook development

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Zajda, Joseph. (2004). Cultural transferability and cross-cultural textbook development. Education and Society. 22(1), pp. 83 - 95.

Authors	Zajda, Joseph
Year	2004
Journal	Education and Society
Journal citation	22 (1), pp. 83 - 95
Publisher	James Nicholas Publishers
ISSN	0726-2655
Page range	83 - 95
Research Group	School of Education
Place of publication	Australia

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