Refugees, land reclamation, and militarized landscapes in wartime China: Huanglongshan, Shaanxi, 1937-45

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 453-478

  Muscolino, Micah S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957552402     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021911810000057     Document Type: Review

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