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The Art of Resistance: Cultural Protest against the Austrian Far Right in the Early Twenty-First Century

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The Art of Resistance: Cultural Protest against the Austrian Far Right in the Early Twenty-First Century. / Fiddler, Allyson .
London: Berghahn Books, 2018. 266 p. (Austrian and Habsburg Studies; Vol. 21).

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Fiddler, A 2018, The Art of Resistance: Cultural Protest against the Austrian Far Right in the Early Twenty-First Century. Austrian and Habsburg Studies, vol. 21, Berghahn Books, London.

APA

Fiddler, A. (2018). The Art of Resistance: Cultural Protest against the Austrian Far Right in the Early Twenty-First Century. (Austrian and Habsburg Studies; Vol. 21). Berghahn Books.

Vancouver

Fiddler A. The Art of Resistance: Cultural Protest against the Austrian Far Right in the Early Twenty-First Century. London: Berghahn Books, 2018. 266 p. (Austrian and Habsburg Studies).

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Fiddler, Allyson . / The Art of Resistance : Cultural Protest against the Austrian Far Right in the Early Twenty-First Century. London : Berghahn Books, 2018. 266 p. (Austrian and Habsburg Studies).

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