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Many Souths: Many Stereotypes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2016

John Dickie
John Dickie*
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Italian Department, University College, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, Telephone: + 44 (0)171 380 7784, Fax: + 44 (0)171 209 0638, E-mail: j.dickie@ucl.ac.uk
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Modern Italy , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , May 1999 , pp. 79 - 86
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