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Book Title: Environmental Impact of Cities : Death by Democracy and Capitalism
Author: Brenda Vale, Robert Vale, Fabricio Chicca
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Social History
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
