Lessons from a dark time: and other essays
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2018.
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Book
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ix, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"This book collects some two dozen pieces from bestselling author Adam Hochschild, written over the past 25 years. All have been published before, most in the New York Review of Books but also in the New Yorker, Harper's, Mother Jones, and elsewhere. They are a mixture of essays about books, authors, one film, and the writing of history and on-the-ground journalism based on reporting from India, Africa, and elsewhere"--Provided by publisher.
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East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction
909.82 Hochschild
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English
ISBN:
9780520297241, 0520297245
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Includes index.
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"This book collects some two dozen pieces from bestselling author Adam Hochschild, written over the past 25 years. All have been published before, most in the New York Review of Books but also in the New Yorker, Harper's, Mother Jones, and elsewhere. They are a mixture of essays about books, authors, one film, and the writing of history and on-the-ground journalism based on reporting from India, Africa, and elsewhere"--Provided by publisher.
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Hochschild, A. (2018). Lessons from a dark time: and other essays. University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Hochschild, Adam. 2018. Lessons From a Dark Time: And Other Essays. University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Hochschild, Adam, Lessons From a Dark Time: And Other Essays. University of California Press, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Hochschild, Adam. Lessons From a Dark Time: And Other Essays. University of California Press, 2018.
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