Envisioning Europe from the East: À la recherche du temps perdu with Václav Havel and Lennart Meri

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Envisioning Europe from the East : À la recherche du temps perdu with Václav Havel and Lennart Meri. / Mälksoo, Maria.

Europe Thirty Years After 1989. red. / Tomas Kavaliauskas. Brill - Rodopi, 2020. s. 175−192 (Value Inquiry Book Series, Bind 359).

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Mälksoo, M 2020, Envisioning Europe from the East: À la recherche du temps perdu with Václav Havel and Lennart Meri. i T Kavaliauskas (red.), Europe Thirty Years After 1989. Brill - Rodopi, Value Inquiry Book Series, bind 359, s. 175−192. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004443587_010

APA

Mälksoo, M. (2020). Envisioning Europe from the East: À la recherche du temps perdu with Václav Havel and Lennart Meri. I T. Kavaliauskas (red.), Europe Thirty Years After 1989 (s. 175−192). Brill - Rodopi. Value Inquiry Book Series Bind 359 https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004443587_010

Vancouver

Mälksoo M. Envisioning Europe from the East: À la recherche du temps perdu with Václav Havel and Lennart Meri. I Kavaliauskas T, red., Europe Thirty Years After 1989. Brill - Rodopi. 2020. s. 175−192. (Value Inquiry Book Series, Bind 359). https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004443587_010

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Mälksoo, Maria. / Envisioning Europe from the East : À la recherche du temps perdu with Václav Havel and Lennart Meri. Europe Thirty Years After 1989. red. / Tomas Kavaliauskas. Brill - Rodopi, 2020. s. 175−192 (Value Inquiry Book Series, Bind 359).

Bibtex

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