Introduction: Comparative history, cross-national history, transnational history-definitions

Comparison and History: Europe in Cross-National Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Cohen, Deborah ^a   O'Connor, Maura ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 84906138794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203312346     Document Type: Editorial

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