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Book Title: Comparing The Incomparable
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Marcel Detienne
Publication Name: Comparing the Incomparable
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Ser.
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 6.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 136 Pages
