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Language: en
Pages: 216
Pages: 216
Type: BOOK - Published: 1979 - Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Language: en
Pages: 208
Pages: 208
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
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Language: en
Pages: 209
Pages: 209
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Traces the history of the Rastafarian movement, discussing the impact it has had on Jamaican society, its successful expansion to North America, the British Isl
Language: en
Pages: 252
Pages: 252
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher: Temple University Press
During the nineteenth century, leisure industries emerged to provide recreation and entertainment to Americans of all classes. Entertainment has become a multi-
