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Book Title: Economics And Power: A Marxist Critique
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Economics and Power : a Marxist Critique
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Economic History, General, Economics / General, Sociology / Social Theory, Economics / Theory
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, Business & Economics
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: Giulio Palermo
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Ser.
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Hardcover
