Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

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Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation. / Welzel, Christian.
1 Aufl. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 441 S.

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Welzel C. Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation. 1 Aufl. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 441 S. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139540919

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