What Happened in History
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- Penguin Books, 1942
The first edition of What Happened in History by Vere Gordon Childe was published in Harmondsworth, Middlesex [Eng. by Penguin Books in 1942. We track 1 edition.
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Who published the first edition of What Happened in History?
The first edition of What Happened in History by Vere Gordon Childe was published in Harmondsworth, Middlesex [Eng. by Penguin Books in 1942.
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