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Does History Matter in Education Research? A Brief for the Humanities in an Age of Science

ELLEN CONDLIFFE LAGEMANN
Harvard Educational Review April 2005, 75 (1) 9-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.75.1.a12457th28m57110
ELLEN CONDLIFFE LAGEMANN
1 Harvard Graduate School of Education
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