Skepticism and Political Thought in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2015-02-20
- Mått161 x 236 x 26 mm
- Vikt600 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieUCLA Clark Memorial Library Series
- Antal sidor277
- FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
- ISBN9781442649217