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Book Title: Caste, Colonialism And Counter-Modernity: Notes On A Postcol...
Number of Pages: 290 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Caste, Colonialism and Counter-Modernity : Notes on a Postcolonial Hermeneutics of Caste
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2009
Subject: Ethnic Studies / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, General, Asia / India & South Asia, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: History, Social Science, Political Science
Author: Debjani Ganguly
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
