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Book Title: Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise And Fall Of Self-Determin...
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Name: Worldmaking after Empire : the Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: History & Theory, General, Political, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Item Height: 1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.7 Oz
Author: Adom Getachew
Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
