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Taming the Fringe: The Regulation and Development of the British Payday Lending and Pawnbroking Markets since 1870 (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance) 3030706141, 9783030706142

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The Emergence of Neuroscience and the German Novel: Poetics of the Brain (Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine) 3030828158, 9783030828158

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The Quantification of Life and Health from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century: Intersections of Medicine and Philosophy (Palgrave Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Medicine) 3031157249, 9783031157240

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