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Book Title: Economy of Prestige : Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5in
Author: James F. English
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Civilization, General, Popular Culture, Economics / Theory, Books & Reading, Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Art, Law, Literary Criticism, Psychology, Business & Economics, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
