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Series Title
Introducing Polity’s new series:little books that make you THINK.
Quassim Cassam, Conspiracy Theories
Stephen Mumford, Football
Shannon Sullivan, White Privilege
Conspiracy Theories
Quassim Cassam
Polity
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Names: Cassam, Quassim, author.
Title: Conspiracy theories / Quassim Cassam.
Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2019] | Series: Think
Identifiers: LCCN 2019008492 (print) | LCCN 2019010406 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509535842 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509535828 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509535835 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Conspiracy theories.
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