Herder
Aesthetics Against Imperialism
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2015-12-23
- Mått163 x 236 x 33 mm
- Vikt760 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieGerman and European Studies
- Antal sidor416
- FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
- ISBN9781442650381
- UtmärkelserWinner of Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures 2016 (United States)