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Gentlemen Revolutionaries: Power And Justice In The New American Republic

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Book Title: Gentlemen Revolutionaries : Power and Justice in the New American Republic

Number of Pages: 208 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Item Height: 0.5 in

Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutionary, United States / General

Publication Year: 2020

Genre: History

Item Weight: 11.8 Oz

Item Length: 6.1 in

Author: Tom Cutterham

Item Width: 9.2 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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