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Mary F. Somers Heidhues & David Ownby
Secret Societies Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia [EPUB ebook]
Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia

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A discussion of the development of secret societies within China and among Chinese communities in colonial Southeast Asia in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781315288031 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5304272 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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