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Book Information:

Author: S. Franciosi B. Amberg, and F. de Giovanni
Title: Products of groups
Additional book information: Oxford Mathematical Monographs, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992, xii+220 pp., US$78.00. ISBN 0-19-853575-9.

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    Reviewer: Derek J. S. Robinson
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 30 (1994), 262-268
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00460-4