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The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives In The Victorian Raj

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Book Title: Ruling Caste : Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj

Item Length: 8.5in

Item Height: 1in

Item Width: 5.5in

Author: David Gilmour

Format: Perfect

Language: English

Topic: Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Asia / India & South Asia

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication Year: 2007

Genre: History, Social Science

Item Weight: 19.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 416 Pages

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