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Book Title: American Baroque: Pearls And The Nature Of Empire, 1492-1700
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 1in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: Molly A. Warsh
Publication Name: American Baroque : Pearls and the Nature of Empire, 1492-1700
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & CULTURE
Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
