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Book Title: Breeding : a Partial History of the Eighteenth Century
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Jenny Davidson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Modern / 18th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism, History, Fiction
Item Weight: 21.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 312 Pages