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Book Title: The Berber Identity Movement And The Challenge To North Afri...
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Berber Identity Movement and the Challenge to North African States
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Africa / General, World / Middle Eastern, World / African, Middle East / General, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.9 Oz
Item Length: 12.9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Author: Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
