Empires of Coal

Empires of Coal
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Publisher : Studies of the Weatherhead Eas
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 1503610101
ISBN-13 : 9781503610101
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Book Synopsis Empires of Coal by : Shellen Xiao Wu

Download or read book Empires of Coal written by Shellen Xiao Wu and published by Studies of the Weatherhead Eas. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Underground Empires examines how Chinese views of strategic mineral resources developed in the last decades of the Qing dynasty.


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