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The Body Electric: How Strange Machines Built the Modern American

Carolyn Thomas de la Pena

Apr 01, 2005

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Language

English

No. of Pages

329

American History and Culture

Publisher: NYU Press

Shipping dimensions: 9" H x 6" W x 1" L

ISBN: 9780814719831

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