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Book review: Jonathan S. Marion, Jerome W. Crowder (2013), Visual Research. A Concise Introduction to Thinking Visually. London, New York, Bloomsbury
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Gilles de Rapper. Book review: Jonathan S. Marion, Jerome W. Crowder (2013), Visual Research.
A Concise Introduction to Thinking Visually. London, New York, Bloomsbury. 2014, pp.137-138.
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Marion, Jonathan M. and Jerome W. Crowder. 2013. Visual Research. A Concise Introduction to Thinking Visually. London, New Delhi, New York: Bloomsbury. xvii + 192 pp. Pb.: £19.99. ISBN: 9780857852069.
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