Transnational torture: law, violence, and state power in the United States and India / Jinee Lokaneeta.
Lokaneeta, Jinee.
2011
K5410.T6 L65 2011
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Title Transnational torture: law, violence, and state power in the United States and India / Jinee Lokaneeta.
Author Lokaneeta, Jinee.
ISBN 9780814752791 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0814752799 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780814752807 (e-book)
0814752802 (e-book)
9780814765111 (e-book)
Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2011.
Language English
Description x, 293 p.
Call Number K5410.T6 L65 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 345.025
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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