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Book Title: The Genealogical Science: The Search For Jewish Origins And ...
Number of Pages: 328 Pages
Publication Name: Genealogical Science : the Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Judaism / History, Judaism / General, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, History
Publication Year: 2014
Item Weight: 15.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Nadia Abu El-Haj
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science, Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
