Themes from complex landscapes: Chinese cemeteries and columbaria in urban Hong Kong

Australian Geographical Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-36

  Teather, Elizabeth Kenworthy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOGRAPHY; FENGSHUI; URBAN CEMENTARY;

CHINA, HONG KONG;

EID: 0031798674     PISSN: 00049190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8470.00037     Document Type: Article

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