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Book Title: Digital Memory And The Archive
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 1.5in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Wolfgang Ernst
Publication Name: Digital Memory and the Archive
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication Year: 2012
Series: Electronic Mediations Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
