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Book Title: After The Event: The Transmission Of Grievous Loss In German...
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6.2in
Author: Stephan Feuchtwang
Publication Name: After the Event : the Transmission of Grievous Loss in Germany, China and Taiwan
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Number of Pages: 246 Pages
