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- Title Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science
- Author Ronald R. Thomas
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 362
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Date 2000-02-13
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780521653039 / 0521653037
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.27 x 1.01 in (23.55 x 15.93 x 2.57 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Detective and mystery stories, English -, Detective and mystery stories, American -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99011713
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.087
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