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Ways Of Being Ethnic In Southwest China

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Book Title: Ways Of Being Ethnic In Southwest China

Number of Pages: 384 Pages

Publication Name: Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China

Language: English

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Subject: Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Item Height: 1.3 in

Publication Year: 2015

Item Weight: 24.9 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9.3 in

Author: Stevan Harrell

Subject Area: Social Science

Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China Ser.

Item Width: 6.3 in

Format: Hardcover

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