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Before The Law: Humans And Other Animals In A Biopolitical Frame

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Book Title: Before The Law: Humans And Other Animals In A Biopolitical F...

Number of Pages: 152 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Before the Law : Humans and Other Animals in a Biopolitical Frame

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 2012

Item Height: 0 in

Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, General, Political, Animal Rights

Item Weight: 22.5 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Cary Wolfe

Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Nature, Philosophy, Science

Item Length: 0.8 in

Item Width: 0.6 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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