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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN-10: 1438425317
ISBN-13: 9781438425313
Buy.com Sku: 209111499
Publish Date: 4/9/2009
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 9.5H x 6.5L x 0.5T
Pages:
194
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