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Book Title: Gender And Culture At The Limit Of Rights
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Dorothy L. Hodgson
Publication Name: Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Ser.
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
