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Book Title: Bargaining for Eden : the Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Stephen Trimble
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Environmental Conservation & Protection, Real Estate / General, Development / Economic Development
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Nature, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages