The Badlands Of Modernity: Heterotopia And Social Ordering

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Book Title: The Badlands Of Modernity: Heterotopia And Social Ordering

Number of Pages: 176 Pages

Publication Name: Badlands of Modernity : Heterotopia and Social Ordering

Language: English

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Year: 1997

Item Height: 0.9 in

Subject: Earth Sciences / Geography, Human Geography, Sociology / General, General, Social Psychology, Utopias

Item Weight: 14.4 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Kevin Hetherington

Subject Area: Political Science, Architecture, Social Science, Science, Psychology

Item Length: 6.1 in

Series: International Library of Sociology Ser.

Item Width: 9.2 in

Format: Hardcover