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Book Title: Trotskyists On Trial: Free Speech And Political Persecution ...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Donna T. Haverty-Stacke
Publication Name: Trotskyists ON Trial : Free Speech and Political Persecution since the Age of Fdr
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: NY University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Series: Culture, Labor, History Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
