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Book Title: Making Intangible Heritage: El Condor Pasa And Other Stories...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Valdimar Hafstein
Publication Name: Making Intangible Heritage : El Condor Pasa and OTHER Stories from Unesco
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 212 Pages