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The Show of Violence

by Fredric Wertham

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Fredric Wertham

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People/Characters: Robert George Irwin; Albert Fish
Important places: New York, New York, USA

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Genres: Nonfiction, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS: 364.3 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminals
LCC: HV6515 .W4 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 2
ASINs: 7

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Published: 1969
Genres: Nonfiction, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS: 364.3
LCC: HV6515 .W4

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Fredric Wertham

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