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Book Title: To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly Of Technological S...
Item Length: 8.1in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 5.4in
Author: Evgeny Morozov
Publication Name: To Save Everything, Click Here : the Folly of Technological Solutionism
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Publicaffairs
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
