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Book Title: The Powers Of Distance: Cosmopolitanism And The Cultivation ...
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Name: Powers of Distance : Cosmopolitanism and the Cultivation of Detachment
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2001
Subject: General, Semiotics & Theory, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General
Item Weight: 11 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Amanda Anderson
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
