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Book Title: Ideology And Elite Conflicts: Autopsy Of The Ethiopian Revol...
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Height: 1.4 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Author: Messay Kebede
Publication Name: Ideology and Elite Conflicts : Autopsy of the Ethiopian Revolution
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, History & Theory, World / African, Africa / East
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 27.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 396 Pages
