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Book Title: Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden Environmental Costs ...
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Hunter Vaughan
Publication Name: Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret : the Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Series: Film and Culture Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
