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Book Title: Politics, Poetics, And Gender In Late Qing China: Xue Shaohu...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Nanxiu Qian
Publication Name: Politics, Poetics, and Gender in Late Qing China : Xue Shaohui and the Era of Reform
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
