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Book Title: Theories Of Social Order: A Reader
Item Length: 10in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 7in
Author: Christine Horne
Publication Name: Theories of Social Order : a Reader, Second Edition
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
