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Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
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Language: en
Pages: 302
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-08-02 - Publisher: Routledge
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Language: en
Pages: 224
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-21 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-21 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 384
Pages: 384
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-31 - Publisher: Cornell University Press
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