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Book Title: Socialism for a Sceptical Age
Number of Pages: 222 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Year: 1994
Topic: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Political Science
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Author: Ralph Miliband
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
