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020 _a9780199405664 (hbk)
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082 _a954.9183
_bK5271
100 _aKhan, Nichola
245 _aCityscapes of violence in Karachi : publics and counterpublics
_c/ Nichola Khan
260 _aKarachi :
_c2017
_bOxford University Press,
300 _a273 p.
650 _aHistory--Pakistan--Karachi Politics and government--Political violence--Violence--Social conditions
942 _cBK
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