What is anthropology?

A lecture delivered in the National Museum, Washington, D.C., March 18, 1882

by Otis Tufton Mason

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Published 1882 by Judd & Detweiler in [Washington] .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Anthropology.

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Edition Notes

Statement	by Otis T. Mason.
Series	Saturday lectures,, no. 2
Classifications
LC Classifications	G29 .M5
The Physical Object
Pagination	21 p. ;
Number of Pages	21
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6569659M
LC Control Number	14016363
OCLC/WorldCa	1317958

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