Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato, Hardcover - Rebecca Earle

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The }Object Lessons{ series prises apart the philosophical and historical discourses around everyday objects - the potato and the birth of the libe...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Page duBoisNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 239 x 30Cover type: Har...

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How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its people Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) h...

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