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- 1 2 Lewis Siegelbaum, profile @ MSU website
- ↑ ABBREVIATED CURRICULUM VITAE OF LEWIS H. SIEGELBAUM (archived)
- 1 2 3 Людмила Новикова, Записки очарованного ЛЮДМИЛА НОВИКОВА О ВОСПОМИНАНИЯХ ЛЬЮИСА Г. СИГЕЛЬБАУМА, book review
- ↑ Broad Is My Native Land online: JSTOR 10.7591/j.ctt1287dtp
- ↑ CITATIONS FOR PAST WINNERS OF THE REGINALD ZELNIK BOOK PRIZE
- ↑ MERLOT Awards: Exemplary Classics
- ↑ PAST WINNERS OF THE ED A HEWETT BOOK PRIZE
- ↑ PAST WINNERS OF THE REGINALD ZELNIK BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY
