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Book Title: Depths of Russia : Oil, Power, and Culture after Socialism
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Douglas Rogers
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Business Ethics, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Power Resources / Fossil Fuels, Petroleum
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 394 Pages
