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- ↑ Bethell, Leslie (1993), Chile since independence, Cambridge University Press, p. 205, ISBN 978-0-521-43375-4
- ↑ "Premio-Nacional-Historia-Academico-Universidad-Chile-Mario-Orellana-Presenta-Segunda-Edicion-Destacada-Obra" (in Spanish). Noticias.universia.cl. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
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