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Book Title: Antitrust And The Formation Of The Postwar World
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.7in
Author: Wyatt Wells
Publication Name: Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar WORLD
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
