The river of inter-civilisational relations: The ebb and flow of peoples, ideas and innovations

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1359-1374

  Bowden, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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[No Author keywords available]

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CIVILIZATION; CULTURAL TRADITION; INNOVATION; POLITICAL HISTORY;

EID: 34748829833     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590701547111     Document Type: Article

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