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Book Title: Anarchy As Order: The History And Future Of Civic Humanity
Number of Pages: 250 Pages
Publication Name: Anarchy As Order : the History and Future of Civic Humanity
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Political Ideologies / Anarchism, History & Theory
Item Weight: 13.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Political Science
Author: Mohammed A. Bamyeh
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: World Social Change Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
