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America after Tocqueville : democracy against difference / / Harvey Mitchell [[electronic resource]]
| America after Tocqueville : democracy against difference / / Harvey Mitchell [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Mitchell Harvey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States
Equality - United States |
| ISBN |
1-107-12553-7
0-521-03024-2 1-280-15962-6 0-511-12038-9 0-511-33007-3 0-511-51173-6 0-511-04532-8 0-511-14771-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: thinking about American democracy -- Democracy's experiment: from inequality to equality -- Achieving a democratic civil society -- Beginnings and history: red and white in Tocqueville's America -- The New England township before the revolution: Tocqueville's American pastoral -- A second beginning: black and white in Tocqueville's America -- Difference, race, and color in America -- Maintaining American democracy -- The state, authority, and the people. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780291503321 |
Mitchell Harvey
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America after Tocqueville : democracy against difference / / Harvey Mitchell [[electronic resource]]
| America after Tocqueville : democracy against difference / / Harvey Mitchell [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Mitchell Harvey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States
Equality - United States |
| ISBN |
1-107-12553-7
0-521-03024-2 1-280-15962-6 0-511-12038-9 0-511-33007-3 0-511-51173-6 0-511-04532-8 0-511-14771-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: thinking about American democracy -- Democracy's experiment: from inequality to equality -- Achieving a democratic civil society -- Beginnings and history: red and white in Tocqueville's America -- The New England township before the revolution: Tocqueville's American pastoral -- A second beginning: black and white in Tocqueville's America -- Difference, race, and color in America -- Maintaining American democracy -- The state, authority, and the people. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813195503321 |
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Mitchell Harvey
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's deadliest export [[electronic resource] ] : democracy, the truth about US foreign policy and everything else / / William Blum
| America's deadliest export [[electronic resource] ] : democracy, the truth about US foreign policy and everything else / / William Blum |
| Autore | Blum William |
| Edizione | [2014 edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States
Geopolitics |
| ISBN |
1-350-37457-1
1-350-21843-X 1-78360-167-1 1-283-92416-1 1-78032-447-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
About this book; About the Author; Title page; Contents; Introduction; Full spectrum dominance; Wars of aggression; Intelligence of the political kind; Democracy is a beautiful thing, except that part about letting just any old jerk vote; 1 US Foreign Policy vs The World; Mit der dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens; That oh-so-precious world where words have no meaning; The worldwide eternal belief that American foreign policy has a good side that can be appealed to; The myth of the good war; The enduring mystique of the Marshall Plan; Why do they hate us? Part 1.
Why do they hate us? Part 2Why do they hate us? Part 3; Why can't the US government talk about why they hate us?; You've got to be carefully taught; God bless America. And its bombs; A Mecca of hypocrisy, a Vatican of double standards; The empire's deep dark secret; Reforming the Indonesian military, for forty years (June 13, 2005); 2 Terrorism; A safer world for Americans ... if they don't leave home; Land of the free, home of the War on Terror; Saved again, thank the Lord, saved again (August 18, 2006); A tale of two terrorists; 3 Iraq. Iraq. Began with big lies. Ending with big lies. Never forget . US foreign policy, the mainstream media, and Alzheimer's; The sign has been put out front: 'Iraq is open for business'; Another charming tale about the noble mission; Who would have thought? Bush has been vindicated (December 11, 2007); The past is unpredictable: leaving Iraq vs leaving Vietnam (August 10, 2007); Can anyone find a message hidden here?; Chutzpah of an imperial size; Reconstruction, thy name is not the United States (January 9, 2006); The fairy tale behind the war (December 6, 2005). The elephant in Saddam Hussein's courtroom (November 10, 2005)War is peace, occupation is sovereignty(October 17, 2005); 4 Afghanistan; Please tell me again ... what is the war in Afghanistan about? (February 3, 2012); What it's about for Germany; The myths of Afghanistan, past and present; The eternal struggle between the good guys and the bad guys; The women: their last great chance; 5 Iran; A designer monster: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (December 17, 2006); What you need to succeed is sincerity, and if you can fake sincerity you've got it made (Old Hollywood axiom). The Israeli-American-Iranian-Holocaust-NobelPeacePrize circusThe Lord High Almighty Pooh-Bah of threats, the Grand Ayatollah of nuclear menace (February 3, 2012); Arab leaders: Arab people; Another peace scare. Boy, that was close. (December 11, 2007); Intentional misunderstanding (November 6, 2007); 6 George W. Bush; 'Come out of the White House with your hands up!' (May 21, 2006); After the war-crimes trial we'll need a second tribunal for shameless lying, gross insults to our intelligence, and just plain weird stupidity and stupid weirdness. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786028703321 |
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Blum William
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's deadliest export [[electronic resource] ] : democracy, the truth about US foreign policy and everything else / / William Blum
| America's deadliest export [[electronic resource] ] : democracy, the truth about US foreign policy and everything else / / William Blum |
| Autore | Blum William |
| Edizione | [2014 edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States
Geopolitics |
| ISBN |
1-350-37457-1
1-350-21843-X 1-78360-167-1 1-283-92416-1 1-78032-447-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
About this book; About the Author; Title page; Contents; Introduction; Full spectrum dominance; Wars of aggression; Intelligence of the political kind; Democracy is a beautiful thing, except that part about letting just any old jerk vote; 1 US Foreign Policy vs The World; Mit der dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens; That oh-so-precious world where words have no meaning; The worldwide eternal belief that American foreign policy has a good side that can be appealed to; The myth of the good war; The enduring mystique of the Marshall Plan; Why do they hate us? Part 1.
Why do they hate us? Part 2Why do they hate us? Part 3; Why can't the US government talk about why they hate us?; You've got to be carefully taught; God bless America. And its bombs; A Mecca of hypocrisy, a Vatican of double standards; The empire's deep dark secret; Reforming the Indonesian military, for forty years (June 13, 2005); 2 Terrorism; A safer world for Americans ... if they don't leave home; Land of the free, home of the War on Terror; Saved again, thank the Lord, saved again (August 18, 2006); A tale of two terrorists; 3 Iraq. Iraq. Began with big lies. Ending with big lies. Never forget . US foreign policy, the mainstream media, and Alzheimer's; The sign has been put out front: 'Iraq is open for business'; Another charming tale about the noble mission; Who would have thought? Bush has been vindicated (December 11, 2007); The past is unpredictable: leaving Iraq vs leaving Vietnam (August 10, 2007); Can anyone find a message hidden here?; Chutzpah of an imperial size; Reconstruction, thy name is not the United States (January 9, 2006); The fairy tale behind the war (December 6, 2005). The elephant in Saddam Hussein's courtroom (November 10, 2005)War is peace, occupation is sovereignty(October 17, 2005); 4 Afghanistan; Please tell me again ... what is the war in Afghanistan about? (February 3, 2012); What it's about for Germany; The myths of Afghanistan, past and present; The eternal struggle between the good guys and the bad guys; The women: their last great chance; 5 Iran; A designer monster: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (December 17, 2006); What you need to succeed is sincerity, and if you can fake sincerity you've got it made (Old Hollywood axiom). The Israeli-American-Iranian-Holocaust-NobelPeacePrize circusThe Lord High Almighty Pooh-Bah of threats, the Grand Ayatollah of nuclear menace (February 3, 2012); Arab leaders: Arab people; Another peace scare. Boy, that was close. (December 11, 2007); Intentional misunderstanding (November 6, 2007); 6 George W. Bush; 'Come out of the White House with your hands up!' (May 21, 2006); After the war-crimes trial we'll need a second tribunal for shameless lying, gross insults to our intelligence, and just plain weird stupidity and stupid weirdness. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821339303321 |
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Blum William
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| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's global dialog : sharing American values and the way ahead for public diplomacy : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, June 11, 2002
| America's global dialog : sharing American values and the way ahead for public diplomacy : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, June 11, 2002 |
| Soggetto topico |
Diplomacy
Democracy - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | America's global dialog |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910689558303321 |
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The American deep state : big money, big oil, and the struggle for U.S. democracy / / Peter Dale Scott
| The American deep state : big money, big oil, and the struggle for U.S. democracy / / Peter Dale Scott |
| Autore | Scott Peter Dale |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 pages) |
| Collana | War and peace library |
| Soggetto topico |
Elite (Social sciences) - United States
Power (Social sciences) - United States Pressure groups - United States Conspiracy - United States Democracy - United States Conspiracy Democracy Elite (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) Pressure groups |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Nonfiction |
| ISBN |
1-4422-1425-2
1-5381-0025-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Note about the cover image -- The Doomsday Project, deep events, and the shrinking of American democracy -- The deep state, the Wall Street overworld, and big oil -- The Doomsday Project: How COG on 9/11 subordinated the U.S. Constitution -- The falsified War on Terror: The deep history of U.S. protection for al-Qaeda terrorist Ali Mohamed -- The falsified War on Terror II: How the deep state has protected gulf Arab states rather than the American people -- Deep state uses and protection of al-Qaeda terrorists -- The U.S. terror war: The CIA, 9/11, Afghanistan, and Central Asia -- Deep power takes its toll on U.S. presidents, 1961-1980 -- The Doomsday Project and deep events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11 -- The American deep state, deep events, and off-the-books financing -- America's unchecked security state: The continuing of COG planning, 1936-2001 -- America's unchecked security state and lawlessness -- Why Americans must end America's self-generating wars -- Epilogue: Greek theater: Mario Savio and the Socratic quest. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792895803321 |
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Scott Peter Dale
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| Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The American deep state : big money, big oil, and the struggle for U.S. democracy / / Peter Dale Scott
| The American deep state : big money, big oil, and the struggle for U.S. democracy / / Peter Dale Scott |
| Autore | Scott Peter Dale |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (355 pages) |
| Collana | War and peace library |
| Soggetto topico |
Elite (Social sciences) - United States
Power (Social sciences) - United States Pressure groups - United States Conspiracy - United States Democracy - United States Conspiracy Democracy Elite (Social sciences) Power (Social sciences) Pressure groups |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Nonfiction |
| ISBN |
1-4422-1425-2
1-5381-0025-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Note about the cover image -- The Doomsday Project, deep events, and the shrinking of American democracy -- The deep state, the Wall Street overworld, and big oil -- The Doomsday Project: How COG on 9/11 subordinated the U.S. Constitution -- The falsified War on Terror: The deep history of U.S. protection for al-Qaeda terrorist Ali Mohamed -- The falsified War on Terror II: How the deep state has protected gulf Arab states rather than the American people -- Deep state uses and protection of al-Qaeda terrorists -- The U.S. terror war: The CIA, 9/11, Afghanistan, and Central Asia -- Deep power takes its toll on U.S. presidents, 1961-1980 -- The Doomsday Project and deep events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11 -- The American deep state, deep events, and off-the-books financing -- America's unchecked security state: The continuing of COG planning, 1936-2001 -- America's unchecked security state and lawlessness -- Why Americans must end America's self-generating wars -- Epilogue: Greek theater: Mario Savio and the Socratic quest. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827734203321 |
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Scott Peter Dale
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| Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American democracy in crisis : the case for rethinking Madisonian government / / Jeanne Sheehan
| American democracy in crisis : the case for rethinking Madisonian government / / Jeanne Sheehan |
| Autore | Zaino Jeanne |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXIII, 280 p. 17 illus., 15 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 320.973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Politics, Practical - United States
Democracy - United States |
| ISBN | 3-030-62281-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Dispersion of Power -- 2. A Republic - If You Can Keep It -- 3. 'Trias Politica' -- 4. A Most Unsure Grip -- 5. The Object of the Government or Systems Failure -- 6. A Necessary Evil -- 7. The Strategy of Majority Rule -- 8. A Failure to Act of What's Most Remarkable -- 9. Nothing Human Can Be Perfect: Constitutional Change and the Limits of the Remedies Thereafter -- 10. Restructuring by Rewriting or Towards a More Responsible Government -- 11. The 'Two Modes' - Proposal by Congress and 'The Other Way' -- 12. Return to First Solutions or Extra-Constitutional Means of Bridging the Divide. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484176303321 |
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Zaino Jeanne
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American democracy promotion [[electronic resource] ] : impulses, strategies, and impacts / / edited by Michael Cox, G. John Ikenberry, and Takashi Inoguchi
| American democracy promotion [[electronic resource] ] : impulses, strategies, and impacts / / edited by Michael Cox, G. John Ikenberry, and Takashi Inoguchi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.73 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CoxMichael <1947->
IkenberryG. John InoguchiTakashi |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States
Democratization - Government policy - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-159899-2
1-281-98971-1 9786611989712 0-19-152277-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Introduction""; ""I: US Democracy Promotion in Theory""; ""1. Peace, Liberty and Democracy: Realists and Liberals Contest a Legacy""; ""2. US Democracy Promotion: Realist Reflections""; ""3. US Democracy Promotion: Critical Questions""; ""II: Democracy Promotion as US �Grand Strategy�?""; ""4. National Security Liberalism and American Foreign Policy""; ""5. America's Liberal Grand Strategy: Democracy and National Security in the Post-War Era""
""6. America's Identity, Democracy Promotion and National Interests: Beyond Realism, Beyond Idealism""""III: US Democracy Promotion: The Domestic Context""; ""7. Promotion of Democracy as a Popular Demand?""; ""8. Taking Stock of US Democracy Assistance""; ""9. �High Stakes� and �Low Intensity Democracy�: Understanding America's Policy of Promoting Democracy""; ""10. Wilsonianism Resurgent? The Clinton Administration and the Promotion of Democracy""; ""IV: US Democracy Promotion in Practice""; ""11. Russia: Limping Along Towards American Democracy?"" ""12. Three Frameworks in Search of a Policy: US Democracy Promotion in Asia-Pacific""""13. The Impasse of Third World Democratization: Africa Revisited""; ""14. Promoting Capitalist Polyarchy: The Case of Latin America""; ""15. American Power, Neo-Liberal Economic Globalization and �Low Intensity Democracy�: An Unstable Trinity""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454606403321 |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American democracy promotion [[electronic resource] ] : impulses, strategies, and impacts / / edited by Michael Cox, G. John Ikenberry, and Takashi Inoguchi
| American democracy promotion [[electronic resource] ] : impulses, strategies, and impacts / / edited by Michael Cox, G. John Ikenberry, and Takashi Inoguchi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.73 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CoxMichael <1947->
IkenberryG. John InoguchiTakashi |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States
Democratization - Government policy - United States |
| ISBN |
0-19-159899-2
1-281-98971-1 9786611989712 0-19-152277-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Introduction""; ""I: US Democracy Promotion in Theory""; ""1. Peace, Liberty and Democracy: Realists and Liberals Contest a Legacy""; ""2. US Democracy Promotion: Realist Reflections""; ""3. US Democracy Promotion: Critical Questions""; ""II: Democracy Promotion as US �Grand Strategy�?""; ""4. National Security Liberalism and American Foreign Policy""; ""5. America's Liberal Grand Strategy: Democracy and National Security in the Post-War Era""
""6. America's Identity, Democracy Promotion and National Interests: Beyond Realism, Beyond Idealism""""III: US Democracy Promotion: The Domestic Context""; ""7. Promotion of Democracy as a Popular Demand?""; ""8. Taking Stock of US Democracy Assistance""; ""9. �High Stakes� and �Low Intensity Democracy�: Understanding America's Policy of Promoting Democracy""; ""10. Wilsonianism Resurgent? The Clinton Administration and the Promotion of Democracy""; ""IV: US Democracy Promotion in Practice""; ""11. Russia: Limping Along Towards American Democracy?"" ""12. Three Frameworks in Search of a Policy: US Democracy Promotion in Asia-Pacific""""13. The Impasse of Third World Democratization: Africa Revisited""; ""14. Promoting Capitalist Polyarchy: The Case of Latin America""; ""15. American Power, Neo-Liberal Economic Globalization and �Low Intensity Democracy�: An Unstable Trinity""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782993303321 |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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