Oriental despotism and European orientalism: Botero to Montesquieu

Journal of Early Modern History

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 106-180

  Rubiés, Joan Pau ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33748895836     PISSN: 13853783     EISSN: 15700658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570065054300275     Document Type: Article

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