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Book Title: Dialogical Social Theory
Number of Pages: 246 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Dialogical Social Theory
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Social, Sociology / General, Virtual Worlds
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Computers, Social Science, Philosophy
Author: Howard G. Schneiderman, Donald N. Levine
Item Length: 9.1 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
