Asia redux: Conceptualizing a region for our times

Journal of Asian Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 963-983

  Duara, Prasenjit ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 79951805275     PISSN: 00219118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021911810002858     Document Type: Article

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