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Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Bernard Stiegler
Publication Name: Taking Care of Youth and the Generations
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2010
Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
