Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, London, New York, Toronto, Melbourne &c., 1995
ISBN 10: 0198751575 ISBN 13: 9780198751571
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Language: English
Published by Sheffield Academic Press, 1995
ISBN 10: 185075568X ISBN 13: 9781850755685
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Language: English
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