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Number of Pages: 136 Pages
Publication Name: Miami Vice
Language: English
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Item Height: 0.3 in
Subject: Television / General, Popular Culture
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 9.6 Oz
Author: Steven M. Sanders
Subject Area: Performing Arts, Social Science
Item Length: 6.9 in
Series: TV Milestones Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
