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Mary F. Somers Heidhues & David Ownby
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Omslag till Mary F. Somers Heidhues & David Ownby: Secret Societies Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia (PDF)

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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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 208 ● ISBN 9781315288048 ● Utgivare Taylor and Francis ● Publicerad 2016 ● Nedladdningsbara 3 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5304273 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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