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Book Title: Shaping History: Ordinary People In European Politics
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Wayne Te Brake
Publication Name: Shaping History : Ordinary People in European Politics, 1500-1700
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 1998
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 237 Pages
