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The Urban Growth Machine: Critical Perspectives, Two Decades Later (Urban Public Policy) (Volume 0)

The Urban Growth Machine: Critical Perspectives, Two Decades Later (Urban Public Policy) (Volume 0)

The Urban Growth Machine: Critical Perspectives, Two Decades Later (Suny Series in Urban Public Policy)
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Published August, 1999
ISBN 1633983
Andrew E.G. Jonas
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Andrew E.G. Jonas

Andrew E.G. Jonas is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Andrew E.G. Jonas can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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