Studying The Power Elite: Fifty Years Of Who Rules America?

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Book Title: Studying the Power Elite : Fifty Years of Who Rules America?

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.5in

Item Width: 5.7in

Author: G. William Domhoff, Eleven Other Authors

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: United States / 20th Century, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, General, Economic Conditions, Sociology / Social Theory

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Year: 2017

Genre: Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science

Item Weight: 11.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 212 Pages