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Book Title: Economics, Bureaucracy, And Race: How Keynesians Misguided T...
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Judith Russell
Publication Name: Economics, Bureaucracy, and Race : How Keynesians Misguided the War ON Poverty
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2003
Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics Into the 21st Century Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
