Albion Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/4054587

RáGena C. De Aragon

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Liberal anti-fascism in the 1930s : the case of Sir Ernest Barker. 20世纪30年代的自由反法西斯主义:欧内斯特·巴克爵士的案例。

Albion Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/4054585

A. Olechnowicz

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Albion Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/4054620

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Albion Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/4054635

David A. Campion

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Albion Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.2307/4054646

M. Cornwall