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Book Title: Provincial Modernity : Local Culture and Liberal Politics in Fin-De-Siècle Hamburg
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Jennifer Jenkins
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Europe / Germany, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Sociology / Urban
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: Art, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
