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Author: Bernard Manin,Jack Goody,Geoffrey Hawthorn,John Dunn
Number of Pages: 256 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 1997
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Publication Country: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780521458917
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