A Change in Worlds on the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands : Politics, Economies, and Environments in Northern Sichuan 9780739173817, 9780739173800

A Change in Worlds explores the environmental, economic, and political history of the Sino-Tibetan Songpan region of nor

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A Change in Worlds on the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands : Politics, Economies, and Environments in Northern Sichuan
9780739173817, 9780739173800

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