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Book Title: Building Resilience: Social Capital In Post-Disaster Recover...
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Building Resilience : Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Public Policy / General, Sociology / General, World / General, Disasters & Disaster Relief
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.7 Oz
Author: Daniel P. Aldrich
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
