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Book Title: Zero-Point Hubris: Science, Race, And Enlightenment In 18Th ...
Number of Pages: 330 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Zero-Point Hubris : Science, Race, and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Latin America
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: General, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Movements / Critical Theory, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.9 Oz
Item Length: 8.6 in
Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science, Science
Author: Santiago Castro-Gómez
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
