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Author : Gerald P. Schaus
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554587794
Total Pages : 406 pages
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Author : Don Holst
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786419302
Total Pages : 220 pages
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317979753
Total Pages : 336 pages
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674726634
Total Pages : 289 pages
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195131959
Total Pages : 508 pages
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ISBN 13 : 0374609829
Total Pages : 222 pages
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Total Pages : 1032 pages
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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 041580695X
Total Pages : 278 pages
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Total Pages : 842 pages
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Total Pages : 1472 pages
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