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Durling’s edition of Petrarch’s poems has become the standard. Readers have praised the translation of the authoritative text as graceful and... Læs mere
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Arguably the most important contribution to social theory in fifty years, James Coleman's Foundations erects a unified conceptual structure, capable of describing and... Læs mere
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