Expulsions

Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy

Saskia Sassen

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$33.00 • £26.95 • €29.50

ISBN 9780674599222

Publication Date: 05/05/2014

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304 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

1 halftone, 8 line illustrations, 36 graphs, 18 tables

Belknap Press

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Saskia Sassen is Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and co-chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University.

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