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Book Title: Police Matters : the Everyday State and Caste Politics in South India, 1900-1975
Item Length: 8.9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Radha Kumar
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Sociology / General, Human Rights, Asia / India & South Asia, Legal History
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Law, History, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
