From 'literati' to 'ulama': The origins of Chinese Muslim nationalist historiography

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 83-109

  Benite, Zvi Ben Dor ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; ISLAMISM; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2942674536     PISSN: 13537113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537110390444131     Document Type: Article

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