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Oxford University Press, 1993-04-08. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. Oxford University Press, 1993; same date on title and copyright pages, no later printings indicated. Inscribed by author to American anthropologist Gloria Goodwin Raheja. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; light wear to edges of black cloth boards; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- Título The Interpretation of Caste
- Autor Declan Quigley
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Páginas 200
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Oxford University Press, USA
- Fecha de publicación 1993-04
- ISBN 9780198278825 / 0198278829
- Peso 0.84 libras (0.38 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.81 x 5.75 x 0.79 pulgadas (22.38 x 14.61 x 2.01 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Caste - India, Caste
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 92027757
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.512
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