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Book Title: Mapping Chinese Rangoon: Place And Nation Among The Sino-Bur...
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Name: Mapping Chinese Rangoon : Place and Nation Among the Sino-Burmese
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Asia / Southeast Asia, Buildings / General, Sociology / General, Asia / General, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Subject Area: Architecture, Social Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Jayde Lin Roberts
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies
Format: Trade Paperback
