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| Author | : Joseph Tainter |
| File Size | : 42,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 02 April 1988 |
| ISBN | : 052138673X |
| Pages | : 268 pages |
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