'Weapons of the week': Selective resistance and agency among the Hmong in northern Vietnam

Agrarian Angst and Rural Resistance in Contemporary Southeast Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 45-60

  Turner, Sarah ^a   Michaud, Jean ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 80054970622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203874943     Document Type: Chapter

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