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of the Catholic church in a changing China? Contributors include Aloysius Chang, Julia Ching, Jean Charbonnier, Jeroom...... more

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This volume explores the measurement of economic and social progress in our societies, and proposes ... more

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The title of our volume on interdisciplinary semiotics is situated in a geographical metaphor and po... more

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includes all the engravings -annotated- of the famous Theodore de Bry (a protestant) edition. Jean-Paul DUVIOLS is academic...... more

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 9th International Conference o... more

A little over a decade has passed since the release of the ?rst Netscape browser. In 1995, the World... more

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