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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: OUP USA
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Pages: 304
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
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Language: en
Pages: 579
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-17 - Publisher: BRILL
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Language: en
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