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Book Title: City : an Essay
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Brian Lennon
Original Language: English
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Essays & Travelogues, Essays, Sociology / Urban
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Travel, History, Literary Collections, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
