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Some Considerations on Prévost ’s Book: “A Total Science: Statistics in Liberal and Fascist Italy”

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Giorgi, G.M. Some Considerations on Prévost ’s Book: “A Total Science: Statistics in Liberal and Fascist Italy”. METRON 68, 105–110 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03263528

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