Popular narratives versus Chinese history: Implications for understanding an emergent China

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 939-964

  Chong, Ja Ian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epistemology; historical sociology; international order; nationalism; security; transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896768040     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066113503480     Document Type: Article

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