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Book Title: Around Quitting Time : Work and Middle-Class Fantasy in American Fiction
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Topic: Sociology / General, General, American / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2001
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Author: Robert Seguin
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: New Americanists Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
