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Book Title: Modern Democracies
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 1.2in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Viscount James Bryce
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: General, Political Ideologies / Democracy
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: History, Political Science
Item Weight: 27.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 528 Pages
