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Book Title: Keywords : the New Language of Capitalism
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: John Patrick Leary
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, History & Theory
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
