Kropotkin (Miller biography)

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AuthorMartin A. Miller
Subject Biography
Published1976 (University of Chicago Press)
Pages342
ISBN 978-0226525938

Kropotkin is a biography of the Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin written by Martin A. Miller and first published in 1976 by University of Chicago Press.

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References

  1. Shatz, Marshall S. (1995). "Bibliographical note". The Conquest of Bread and Other Anarchist Writings. Cambridge University Press. p. xxix. ISBN   978-0-521-45990-7. OCLC   832639138.

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