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Book Title: Stateless Subjects : Chinese Martial Arts Literature and Postcolonial History
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Petrus Liu
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Asian / Chinese, Martial Arts & Self-Defense
Publisher: Cornell University EAST Asia Program
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Literary Criticism, Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 300 Pages
