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Book Title: Countering Development : Indigenous Modernity and the Moral Imagination
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: David D. Gow
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Development / Economic Development, Economic Conditions, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Latin America / General, Development / Sustainable Development
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
