Political Dictionary: Forming a Work of Universal Reference, Both Constitutional and Legal; and Embracing the Terms of Civil Administration, of Political Economy and Social Relations, and of All the More Important Statistical Departments of Finance and Commerce, Volume 2C. Knight and Company, 1846 - Political science |
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