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Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810242602
Total Pages : 350 pages
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691207275
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226905381
Total Pages : 627 pages
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Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421404699
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ISBN 13 : 0387345868
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107053943
Total Pages : 421 pages
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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128019948
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108138608
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ISBN 13 : 4431538925
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ISBN 13 : 1421408791
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ISBN 13 : 3540692762
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