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Book Title: Envy of the World : on Being a Black Man in America
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Topic: Sociology / General, Civil Rights, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Height: 1.4 in
Publication Year: 2003
Features: Reprint
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 19.6 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Ellis Cose
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
