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Book Title: Grassroots Post-Modernism: Remaking The Soil Of Cultures
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Madhu Suri Prakash, Gustavo Esteva
Publication Name: Grassroots Postmodernism : Remaking the Soil of Cultures
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Revised
Publisher: ZED Books, The Limited
Publication Year: 2014
Series: Critique Influence Change Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
