Grand narrative or modest comparison? Reflecting on the 'lessons'of East Asian development and growth

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Rigg, Jonathan ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; DEVELOPMENT THEORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 61549120140     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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