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MathSciNet review: 1567309
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Book Information:

Author: William S. Massey
Title: Singular homology theory
Additional book information: Graduate Texts in Math., Springer-Verlag, 1980, xii + 265 pp., $24.80.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: James W. Vick
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 4 (1981), 229-233
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1981-14892-8