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This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science.
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In a society where trust is in short supply and democracy weak, the Mafia sells protection, a guarantee of safe conduct for parties to commercial... Læs mere
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Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life.
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