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The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do - Judith Rich Harris New York: The Free Press, 1998, 462 pp. US$25.50 cloth. ISBN 0-684-84409-5. US$15.00 paper. ISBN 0-684-85707-3. Simon and Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, USA.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Peter K. Smith*
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University of London, United Kingdom
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