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The Founding Fathers V The People: Paradoxes Of American Democracy

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Author: Anthony King

Publication Name: Founding Fathers V. the People : Paradoxes of American Democracy

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Language: English

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Publication Year: 2012

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Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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