Available online| Module code and title: | D102, Social sciences: a foundation course |
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| Item code: | D102; 18 |
| First transmission date: | 20-06-1982 |
| Published: | 1982 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:19 |
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| Producer: | Hugh Phillips |
| Contributors: | Laurence Harris; Bernard Williams |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Economic systems; Modelling |
| Master spool number: | HOU3980 |
| Production number: | FOUD187K |
| Videofinder number: | 1923 |
| Available to public: | yes |
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