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Book Title: Decolonization In South Asia: Meanings Of Freedom In Post-In...
Number of Pages: 246 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Decolonization in South Asia : Meanings of Freedom in Post-Independence West Bengal, 1947-52
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Ethnic Studies / General, Regional Studies, General, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 16.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science, Political Science
Author: Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Item Length: 9.2 in
Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
