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Book Title: Private Virtues, Public Vices: Philanthropy And Democratic E...
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Private Virtues, Public Vices : Philanthropy and Democratic Equality
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Political Economy, Philanthropy & Charity, Sociology / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2022
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.8 Oz
Author: Emma Saunders-Hastings
Item Length: 10.2 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
