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Book Title: Mexico Otherwise: Modern Mexico In The Eyes Of Foreign Obser...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jürgen Buchenau
Publication Name: Mexico Otherwise : Modern Mexico in the Eyes of Foreign Observers
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication Year: 2005
Series: Diálogos Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
