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Book Title: Mighty Opposites : from Dichotomies to Differences in the Comparative Study of China
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Longxi Zhang
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Asian / Chinese, Asian / General
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 262 Pages
