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Book Title: Black British Literature : Novels of Transformation
Author: Mark Stein
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Minority Studies, Black Studies (Global), Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General
Publisher: The Ohio State University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
