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Book Title: Yoga In Modern India: The Body Between Science And Philosoph...
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Yoga in Modern India : the Body between Science and Philosophy
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Epistemology, Hindu, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Yoga, History & Surveys / Modern, Asia / India & South Asia, Metaphysics
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Subject Area: Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Social Science, History
Item Length: 11.9 in
Author: Josephs. Alter
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
