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Out of the Past: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions of Congressional History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Elaine K. Swift  and
David W. Brady
Elaine K. Swift
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David W. Brady
Affiliation:
Stanford University
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 61 - 64
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