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R. Layton
Who Needs the Past? [PDF ebook]
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This book offers a critique of the all pervasive Western notion that other communities often live in a timeless present. Who Needs the Past? provides first-hand evidence of the interest non-Western, non-academic communities have in the past.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 240 ● ISBN 9781135090562 ● Editor R. Layton ● Editorial Taylor and Francis ● Publicado 2012 ● Descargable 6 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 2591974 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM

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