Crime Stories
Criminalistic Fantasy and the Culture of Crisis in Weimar Germany
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
Av Todd Herzog
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2009-04-01
- Mått152 x 229 x 14 mm
- Vikt408 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieMonographs in German History
- Antal sidor182
- FörlagBerghahn Books
- ISBN9781845454395