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First published in 2010 by the Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd

Reprinted by Bloomsbury Academic 2012

© Lester L. Grabbe, 2010

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978-0-567-05161-5

PB:

978-0-567-55248-8

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978-0-5674-5501-7

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978-0-5672-9666-5

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