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Book Title: Invention of Decolonization : the Algerian War and the Remaking of France
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Todd Shepard
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Emigration & Immigration, Sociology / General, Europe / France, Africa / North, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
