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Book Title: Notes ON the Underground, New Edition : an Essay ON Technology, Society, and the Imagination
Item Length: 9.1in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Rosalind Williams
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, History
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 302 Pages
