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Social Research A Practical Introduction (Hardback) by DrBruceCurtis, Dr Cate Curtis Hardcover, 293 Pages, Published 2011 by Sage Pubns Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84787-474-0, ISBN: 1-84787-474-6
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The Politics of Population State Formation, Statistics, and the Census of Canada, 1840-1875 by DrBruceCurtis Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2001 by University Of Toronto Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8020-4853-0, ISBN: 0-8020-4853-6
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