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Book Title: End of Protest : How Free-Market Capitalism Learned to Control Dissent
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 5.4in
Author: Alasdair Roberts
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Political Economy, Economic History, Sociology / General, Political Process / Political Advocacy, United States / 21st Century, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Free Enterprise
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 122 Pages
