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Harry Bridges

Labor Radical, Labor Legend

By: Robert W. Cherny

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Harry Bridges

Labor Radical, Labor Legend

By: Robert W. Cherny

The iconic leader of one of America’s most powerful unions, Harry Bridges put an indelible stamp on the twentieth century labor movement. Robert Cherny’s monumental biography tells the life story of the figure who built the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) into a labor powerhouse that still represents almost 30,000 workers. An Australian immigrant, Bridges worked the Pacific Coast docks. His militant unionism placed him at the center of the 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike and spurred him to expand his organizing activities to warehouse laborers and Hawaiian sugar and pineapple workers. Cherny examines the overall effectiveness of Bridges as a union leader and the decisions and traits that made him effective. Cherny also details the price paid by Bridges as the US government repeatedly prosecuted him for his left-wing politics. Drawing on personal interviews with Bridges and years of exhaustive research, Harry Bridges places an extraordinary individual and the ILWU within the epic history of twentieth-century labor radicalism.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252053796

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9780252053795

Partners with Power

The Social Transformation of the Large Law Firm

By: Robert L. Nelson

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Partners with Power

The Social Transformation of the Large Law Firm

By: Robert L. Nelson

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

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Univ of California Press

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0520317971

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The Gold in the Rings

The People and Events That Transformed the Olympic Games

By: Stephen R Wenn,Robert Barney

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The Gold in the Rings

The People and Events That Transformed the Olympic Games

By: Stephen R Wenn,Robert Barney

Once a showcase for amateur athletics, the Olympic Games have become a global entertainment colossus powered by corporate sponsorship and professional participation. Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney offer the inside story of this transformation by examining the far-sighted leadership and decision-making acumen of four International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidents: Avery Brundage, Lord Killanin, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Jacques Rogge. Blending biography with historical storytelling, the authors explore the evolution of Olympic commercialism from Brundage's uneasy acceptance of television rights fees through the revenue generation strategies that followed the Salt Lake City bid scandal to the present day. Throughout, Wenn and Barney draw on their decades of studying Olympic history to dissect the personalities, conflicts, and controversies behind the Games' embrace of the business of spectacle. Entertaining and expert, The Gold in the Rings maps the Olympics' course from paragon of purity to billion-dollar profits.

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University of Illinois Press

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025205153X

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9780252051531

Sound Commitments

Avant-Garde Music and the Sixties

By: Robert Adlington

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Sound Commitments

Avant-Garde Music and the Sixties

By: Robert Adlington

The role of popular music is widely recognized in giving voice to radical political views, the plight of the oppressed, and the desire for social change. Avant-garde music, by contrast, is often thought to prioritize the pursuit of new technical or conceptual territory over issues of human and social concern. Yet throughout the activist 1960s, many avant-garde musicians were convinced that aesthetic experiment and social progressiveness made natural bedfellows. Intensely involved in the era's social and political upheavals, they often sought to reflect this engagement in their music. Yet how could avant-garde musicians make a meaningful contribution to social change if their music remained the preserve of a tiny, initiated clique? In answer, Sound Commitments, examines the encounter of avant-garde music and "the Sixties" across a range of genres, aesthetic positions and geographical locations. Through music for the concert hall, tape and electronic music, jazz and improvisation, participatory "events," performance art, and experimental popular music, the essays in this volume explore developments in the United States, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the Soviet Union, Japan and parts of the "Third World," delving into the deep richness of avant-garde musicians' response to the decade's defining cultural shifts. Featuring new archival research and/or interviews with significant figures of the period in each chapter, Sound Commitments will appeal to researchers and advanced students in the fields of post-war music, cultures of the 1960s, and the avant-garde, as well as to an informed general readership.

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Oxford University Press

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0190450657

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The Integrated News Spectacle

A Political Economy of Cultural Performance

By: James Robert Compton

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The Integrated News Spectacle

A Political Economy of Cultural Performance

By: James Robert Compton

The Integrated News Spectacle examines the rational organization of control of popular news forms. It uses spectacular media events - such as the mourning of Princess Diana, the Monica Lewinsky presidential scandal, and the Gulf wars of 1991 and 2003 - as entry points into a discussion of the broader context surrounding an integrated system of commodity production, distribution and exchange. James R. Compton critiques the generally accepted notion of tabloidization associated with media spectacles, and situates these dramatic narratives within a broad historical context. Drawing on the work of Guy Debord, David Harvey, and Pierre Bourdieu, this book explains how the power relationships associated with media events can best be comprehended by revealing the practical application of the logic of spectacle - a logic characterized by the transposable circulation and promotion of cultural commodities.

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Peter Lang

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0820470708

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Risky Business?

Youth And The Enterprise Culture

By: Robert MacDonald,Frank Coffield

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Risky Business?

Youth And The Enterprise Culture

By: Robert MacDonald,Frank Coffield

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Routledge

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1135427658

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The Truth vs. the Great Lie

Human DNA and History Prove The Bible

By: Robert Bruce MacColla MacNiall MacIntyre

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The Truth vs. the Great Lie

Human DNA and History Prove The Bible

By: Robert Bruce MacColla MacNiall MacIntyre

We're all now living on Borrowed Time. Aside from the Bible itself, this is the One Book every Believing Christian should read in preparation to meet Jesus Christ. This Book Proves the Bible is True and Correct, that "Moses got it right" using Human DNA and Scythian-Scot-Gael History, all while exposing; The religion of the Globalists, Humanism, and its False Prophets, noting Human Evolution and Darwinism are down in flames. God Almighty created everything exactly as The Bible states, this Book details how He did it and how He seeded World History in order to work His Great Plan. Human DNA is a Heavenly High-Science, in combination with S-C-G History, Christians can now possess a second version of the History of The World from another original Clan of The Earth, one that matches the Hebrew/Mosaic Pentateuch while also proving that Jesus Christ came to save every Man and Woman from every Clan and Race. All of this while demonstrating Jehovah Girah provided for; the growth, protection, and renewal of the World-wide Church that follows Jesus Christ. A clear explanation of The Great Lie, its origins, beginning with The Great Flood, Nimrod and Babylon, along with how its false priests now operate unimpeded within the World's Higher Eds. This Book will stir your heart and open your eyes, with its straight-forward explanation of Human DNA and History. Part One: The Heavenly Science of Human DNA Proves The Bible Part Two: Scythian-Scot-Gael History to 1171 A.D. Proves the Bible Part Three: Genesis 6:3 Explained (Human Lifespan)- Telomeres, Telomerase, TERT & TR Plus: Six Messages from The Lord and The Holy Spirit: Five specifically Addressed to the World-wide Church, its Leaders, and Teachers One for all Mankind - The Symbol of the Son of Man to appear in the Heavens proclaiming His Return

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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9798888323342

The Corporate State and the Broker State

The Du Ponts and American National Politics, 1925-1940

By: Robert Fredrick Burk

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The Corporate State and the Broker State

The Du Ponts and American National Politics, 1925-1940

By: Robert Fredrick Burk

The du Ponts, one of the most powerful families in American industry, actively fought policies that gave government more power over the economy. By focusing on one family's contribution to the economic and political debate between the world wars, Burk casts light on the changing fortunes of business and government in twentieth-century America.

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Harvard University Press

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0674172728

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A History of Verse Translation from the Irish, 1789-1897

By: Robert Welch

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A History of Verse Translation from the Irish, 1789-1897

By: Robert Welch

This study surveys the course of verse translation from the Irish, starting with the notorious Macpherson controversy and ending with the publication of George Sigerson's Bards of the Gael and Gall in 1897. Professor Welch considers some of the problems and challenges relating to the translation of Irish verse into English in the context of translation theory and ideas about cultural differentiation. Throughout the book, we see again and again the dilemma of poets who must be faithful to the spirit or the form of Irish verse, but who rarely have the ability to capture both. The relationship between Irish and English in the nineteenth century was, necessarily, a critical one, and the translators were often working at the centre of the crisis, whether they were aware of it or not. As Celticism evolved into nationalism and heroic idealism, these influences can be clearly seen in the development of verse translation from the Irish.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0861402499

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Keeping Ontario Moving

The History of Roads and Road Building in Ontario

By: Robert Bradford

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Keeping Ontario Moving

The History of Roads and Road Building in Ontario

By: Robert Bradford

A comprehensive history of roads and road-building in Ontario. In this beautifully illustrated book, virtually every facet of the road building industry in Ontario is discussed, from labour relations to safety, politics, and financing. Follow the history of road-building technology from the first crude trails hacked through dense forests by homesteaders to the corduroy roads, planks roads, stone roads, macadam pavements, hot mix asphalt pavements, and concrete roads. See how the engineering and construction of bridges has progressed from the first jack pine logs placed across a stream to the complex structures that span international waters and thousands of rivers today. Follow the development of construction equipment from the first steam shovels and cable-operated machines of the late 1800s to diesel-powered machines in the 1940s and later hydraulics. Meet the companies that made the equipment and the people who sold and rented it. From the 1930s forward the early story of roads is told largely by the people who lived and made the history. Over 120 contractors, engineers, government officials, and others were interviewed and the last eighty years of the industry’s history unfolds in the way they remember it. Share their memories and stories, some hilarious and some tragic, as they talk about their projects, their businesses, their successes, and their hardships.

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Dundurn

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1459724127

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9781459724129

The Press and the Decline of Democracy

The Democratic Socialist Response in Public Policy

By: Robert G. Picard

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The Press and the Decline of Democracy

The Democratic Socialist Response in Public Policy

By: Robert G. Picard

The author discusses the role of economic concentration in limiting public access to information and reducing opportunities for public discourse. Picard examines the government policies that have contributed to the erosion of democratic participation and have permitted the growth of large commercial press entities, unobstructed by anti-trust provisions. He relates recent public policy responses to this problem to democratic socialist ideology and develops a social-democratic theory of the press which draws upon ideas and policies found throughout the Western world. Picard provides a democratic framework for understanding the changing nature of media economics and state-press relations and offers proposals for achieving both a democratically functioning press and broader popular participation.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031304256X

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9780313042560

Sketches of the Irish Bar

By: Robert Shelton Mackenzie,Richard Lalor Shiel

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Sketches of the Irish Bar

By: Robert Shelton Mackenzie,Richard Lalor Shiel

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385391865

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The Business of Networks

Inter-Firm Interaction, Institutional Policy and the TEC Experiment

By: Robert Huggins

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The Business of Networks

Inter-Firm Interaction, Institutional Policy and the TEC Experiment

By: Robert Huggins

This title was first published in 2000: The first book which brings together and interprets both the theoretical concepts associated with the study of networks in the business world, and the policy applications being applied to the practical building and development of such networks. It maps the changes in the culture of economic development policy that occurred in the UK during the 1990s, incorporating a detailed assessment of the contribution that the Training and Enterprise Councils made to business support policies. The book is published at a time when network and cluster building has risen to the top of economic development agendas not only in UK, but in many countries throughout the world. It offers the most detailed insight so far available into the structure, motivations and processes involved in developing business networks through institutional intervention. The book is relevant to anyone with an interest in business policy and theory.

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Routledge

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1351769332

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Downtown

Its Rise and Fall, 1880–1950

By: Robert M. Fogelson

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Downtown

Its Rise and Fall, 1880–1950

By: Robert M. Fogelson

Winner of a Lewis Mumford Prize: “Extremely engaging reading for those interested in the history of cities and urban experience.” —Booklist Written by one of this country’s foremost urban historians, Downtown is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown—and the way Americans thought about downtown—changed over time. By showing how businessmen and property owners worked to promote the well-being of downtown, even at the expense of other parts of the city, it also gives a riveting account of spatial politics in urban America. Drawing on a wide array of contemporary sources, Robert M. Fogelson brings downtown to life, first as the business district, then as the central business district, and finally as just another business district. His book vividly recreates the long-forgotten battles over subways and skyscrapers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. And it provides a fresh, often startling perspective on elevated highways, parking bans, urban redevelopment, and other controversial issues. This groundbreaking book will be a revelation to scholars, city planners, policymakers, and anyone interested in American cities and American history. “A thorough and accomplished history.” —The Washington Post Book World "Superlative . . . a vital contribution to the study of American life.” —Publishers Weekly “A superbly thorough analysis of the causes of inner-city blight, congestion, and economic decline in mid-20th century urban America.” —Library Journal Includes photographs

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Yale University Press

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0300133405

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9780300133400

Remaking Media

The Struggle to Democratize Public Communication

By: Robert Hackett,William Carroll

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Remaking Media

The Struggle to Democratize Public Communication

By: Robert Hackett,William Carroll

Remaking Media is a unique and timely reading of the contemporary struggle to democratize communication. With a focus on activism directed towards challenging and changing media content, practices and structures, the book explores the burning question: What is the political significance and potential of democratic media activism in the western world today? Taking an innovative approach, Robert Hackett and William Carroll pay attention to an emerging social movement that appears at the cutting edge of cultural and political contention, and ground their work in three scholarly traditions that provide interpretive resources for the study of democratic media activism: political theories of democracy critical media scholarship the sociology of social movements. Remaking Media examines the democratization of the media and the efforts to transform the machinery of representation. Such an examination will prove invaluable not only to media and communication studies students, but also to students of political science.

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Routledge

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1134159366

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9781134159369

Stirring Age

Scott, Byron and the Historical Romance

By: Robert Duncan McColl

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Stirring Age

Scott, Byron and the Historical Romance

By: Robert Duncan McColl

Comparisons of Scott and Byron, so natural to 19th century readers, are scarce nowadays. Using a variety of critical and philosophical vocabularies illustratively, though not dependently, this study provides a timely and original study of two giants of 19th century European literature engaged in an experimental, mutually-informing act of genre-splicing, seeking to return history and romance to what both perceived was their native complementarity. The book shows how both writers utilise historical examples to suggest the continuing relevance of romance models, and how they confront threats to that relevance, whether they derive from the linear conception of history or the ‘romantic’ misapprehension of it. The argument proceeds by examining those threats, and then weighing the revival of romance via, rather than contra, the historical.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443879320

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9781443879323

Encyclical That Never Was

By: Robert Blair Kaiser

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Encyclical That Never Was

By: Robert Blair Kaiser

On the events that led up to the promulgation of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae.

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A&C Black

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0722034059

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9780722034057

The Catholic University of America

By: Robert P. Malesky

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The Catholic University of America

By: Robert P. Malesky

The Catholic University of America is unlike any other school in the United States. Certainly there are other universities with the same passion for excellence, and there are other highly regarded Catholic universities in the country. The Catholic University of America, however, is the only national university of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded by U.S. bishops in 1887, the project of a national university was approved by Pope Leo XIII, and after considerable debate it was decided to put the school in the nation's capital on a hilly plot of land in Northeast Washington, D.C. Classes opened on November 13, 1889, with a distinguished faculty of eight professors. Since then the university has grown exponentially, greatly expanding the number of students, teachers, and schools. The Catholic University of America has celebrated educational triumphs, suffered fiscal crises, rejoiced in two papal visits, and earned itself a place as one of the country's leading educational institutions.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738585521

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Discrediting the Red Scare

The Cold War Trials of James Kutcher, "The Legless Veteran"

By: Robert Justin Goldstein

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Discrediting the Red Scare

The Cold War Trials of James Kutcher, "The Legless Veteran"

By: Robert Justin Goldstein

During the Allies' invasion of Italy in the thick of World War II, American soldier James Kutcher was hit by a German mortar shell and lost both of his legs. Back home, rehabilitated and given a job at the Veterans' Administration, he was soon to learn that his battles were far from over. In 1948, in the throes of the post-war Red Scare, the hysteria over perceived Communist threats that marked the Cold War, the government moved to fire Kutcher because of his membership in a small, left-wing group that had once espoused revolutionary sentiments. Kutcher's eight-year legal odyssey to clear his name and assert his First Amendment rights, described in full for the first time in this book, is at once a cautionary tale in a new period of patriotic one-upmanship, and a story of tenacious patriotism in its own right. The son of Russian immigrants, James Kutcher came of age during the Great Depression. Robbed of his hope of attending college or finding work of any kind, he joined the Socialist Workers Party, left-wing and strongly anti-Soviet, in his hometown of Newark. When his membership in the SWP came back to haunt him at the height of the Red Scare, Kutcher took up the fight against efforts to punish people for their thoughts, ideas, speech, and associations. As a man who had fought for his country and paid a great price, had never done anything that could be construed as treasonous, held a low level clerical position utterly unconnected with national security, and was the sole support of his elderly parents, Kutcher cut an especially sympathetic figure in the drama of Cold War witch-hunts. In a series of confrontations, in what were highly publicized as the "case of the legless veteran," the federal government tried to oust Kutcher from his menial Veterans’ Administration job, take away his World War II disability benefits, and to oust him and his family from their federally subsidized housing. Discrediting the Red Scare tells the story of his long legal struggle in the face of government persecution—that redoubled after every setback until the bitter end.

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University Press of Kansas

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070062225X

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9780700622252

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