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Book Title: The Irony Of American History
Number of Pages: 198 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Irony of American History
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 0.4 in
Subject: International Relations / General, Christianity / General, United States / General
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
Item Length: 8 in
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, History
Item Width: 5.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
