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Book Title: Great Escape : Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Angus Deaton
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Public Health, Economic History, Globalization, Sociology / General, Development / Economic Development, Economics / General
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics, Medical, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 11 Oz
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
