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Book Title: Reforming The World: The Creation Of America's Moral Empire
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Name: Reforming the World : the Creation of America's Moral Empire
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Christian Ministry / Missions, Christianity / Protestant, Sociology / General, Religious, Imperialism, International Relations / General, Modern / 19th Century, United States / General
Publication Year: 2013
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Ian Tyrrell
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Width: 6.2 in
Series: America in the World Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
