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Book Title: Empires In World History: Power And The Politics Of Differen...
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
Publication Name: Empires in World History : Power and the Politics of Difference
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 1.4 in
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Military / Strategy, Europe / Western, World / General, Imperialism, World, Sociology / Social Theory, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Item Weight: 39.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Frederick Cooper, Jane Burbank
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Length: 10.6 in
Item Width: 7.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
