Racial Hand in the Victorian Imagination
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2017-10-19
- Mått154 x 230 x 13 mm
- Vikt360 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieCambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Antal sidor234
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9781107538917
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