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Book Title: Glass, PAPER, Beans : Revolutions on the Nature and Value of Ordinary Things
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Leah Hager Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Investments & Securities / Commodities / General, Urban & Regional, Exports & Imports, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Publication Year: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics, Social Science
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
