The eighteenth-century historiographic tradition and contemporary 'Everyday IPE'

Review of International Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-23

  Watson, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84873810171     PISSN: 02602105     EISSN: 14699044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210511000799     Document Type: Article

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