Rethinking Peace
Discourse, Memory, Translation, and Dialogue
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
Av Alexander Laban Hinton, Giorgio Shani, Jeremiah Alberg, Alexander Laban Hinton
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2019-02-20
- Mått157 x 231 x 24 mm
- Vikt599 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieCritical Perspectives on Religion in International Politics
- Antal sidor284
- FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN9781786610379