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Book Title: Hillbilly Elegy : a Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Topic: United States / State & Local / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Economic Conditions, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Rural
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.9 in
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 16.7 Oz
Author: J. D. Vance
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
