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Book Title: Everyday Politics in the Philippines : Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village
Item Length: 9.1in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: WORLD / Asian, History & Theory
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: Political Science
Item Weight: 19.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
