Crisis and reformation in a maritime kingdom of Southeast Asia: Forces of instability and political disintegration in western burma (Arakan), 1603-1701

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-219

  Charney, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0011045764     PISSN: 00224995     EISSN: 15685209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568520982601287     Document Type: Review

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