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Reconstruction and the Late ’40s

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Celli, C., Cottino-Jones, M. (2007). Reconstruction and the Late ’40s. In: A New Guide to Italian Cinema. Italian and Italian American Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230601826_4

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