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Book Title: If God Were A Human Rights Activist
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Publication Name: IF God Were a Human Rights Activist
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights Ser.
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Number of Pages: 152 Pages
