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Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist. Jon Elster

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Author: Jon Elster
Date: 14 Sep 2011
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Language: English
Format: Paperback::212 pages
ISBN10: 052174007X
ISBN13: 9780521740074
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Dimension: 152x 228x 17mm::330g

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Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist

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