Accidents of equity and the aesthetics of Chinese offshore incorporation

American Ethnologist

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 527-544

  Maurer, Bill ^a   Martin, Sylvia J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accident; Aesthetics; Caribbean; China; Corporations; Deixis; Law; Offshore

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864002479     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2012.01379.x     Document Type: Article

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