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Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Stephen P. Turner
Publication Name: Explaining the Normative
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
