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Book Title: Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Genocide & War Crimes, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, American Government / General, Native American
Item Height: 0.9 in
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 16.6 Oz
Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: Revisioning History Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
