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Book Title: Aesthetic Occupation : the Immediacy of Architecture and the Palestine Conflict
Item Length: 9.3in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Daniel Bertrand Monk
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Criticism, Middle East / General, History / General
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: Architecture, History
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
