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Book Title: Lessons In Being Chinese: Minority Education And Ethnic Iden...
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Publication Name: Lessons in Being Chinese : Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Subject: Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.9 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.5 Oz
Author: Mette Halskov Hansen
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Social Science
Item Width: 6.3 in
Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China Ser.
Format: Hardcover
