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Book Title: Algeria in Others' Languages
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Anne Emmanuelle Berger
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Arabic, General, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Africa / North, Linguistics / General, African, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: Foreign Language Study, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
