9781422283936

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Series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3490-7 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4222-3498-3 ebook ISBN: 978-1-4222-8393-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Boyd, Judy, 1950– author. Title: North America/by Judy Boyd; foreword by Michael Green, executive director, Social Progress Imperative. Description: Broomall, PA : Mason Crest, 2017. | Series: Social progress and sustainability | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016007609| ISBN 9781422234983 (hardback) | ISBN 9781422234907 (series) | ISBN 9781422283936 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Social indicators—North America—Juvenile literature. | North America—Social conditions—Juvenile literature. | North America—Economic conditions—Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC HN50 .B69 2017 | DDC 306.097—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016007609 Developed and Produced by Print Matters Productions, Inc. (www.printmattersinc.com)

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