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Science and nationalism: portugal in the late 18th century

✍ Scribed by Contente Domingues, Francisco

Book ID
122235316
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
383 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0191-6599

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