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Book Title: Constructing Community : Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston

Number of Pages: 280 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Year: 2021

Topic: Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Social History, Sociology / Urban

Item Height: 0.7 in

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: History, Social Science, Political Science

Item Weight: 15.8 Oz

Author: Jeremy Levine

Item Length: 9.1 in

Item Width: 6.4 in

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