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Book Title: Alienated: Immigrant Rights, The Constitution, And Equality ...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Victor C. Romero
Publication Name: Alienated : Immigrant Rights, the Constitution, and Equality in America
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Series: Critical America Ser.
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 261 Pages
