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Book Title: Constructing Community : Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Social History, Sociology / Urban
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 21 Oz
Author: Jeremy Levine
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
