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Book Title: Vanishing New York : How a Great City Lost Its Soul
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 5.3in
Author: Jeremiah Moss
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: American Government / Local, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Public Policy / Social Policy, Sociology / Urban
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 480 Pages
