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Book Title: Stillbirth of Capital : Enlightenment Writing and Colonial India
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Siraj Ahmed
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Modern / 18th Century, Asia / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism, History
Item Weight: 13.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 303 Pages