Roads that separate: Sino-mongolian relations in the Inner Asian Desert

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Roads that separate : Sino-mongolian relations in the Inner Asian Desert. / Pedersen, Morten Axel; Bunkenborg, Mikkel.

Roads and Anthropology: Ethnography, Infrastructures, (Im)mobility. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2016. p. 97-111.

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Harvard

Pedersen, MA & Bunkenborg, M 2016, Roads that separate: Sino-mongolian relations in the Inner Asian Desert. in Roads and Anthropology: Ethnography, Infrastructures, (Im)mobility. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 97-111.

APA

Pedersen, M. A., & Bunkenborg, M. (2016). Roads that separate: Sino-mongolian relations in the Inner Asian Desert. In Roads and Anthropology: Ethnography, Infrastructures, (Im)mobility (pp. 97-111). Taylor and Francis Inc..

Vancouver

Pedersen MA, Bunkenborg M. Roads that separate: Sino-mongolian relations in the Inner Asian Desert. In Roads and Anthropology: Ethnography, Infrastructures, (Im)mobility. Taylor and Francis Inc. 2016. p. 97-111

Author

Pedersen, Morten Axel ; Bunkenborg, Mikkel. / Roads that separate : Sino-mongolian relations in the Inner Asian Desert. Roads and Anthropology: Ethnography, Infrastructures, (Im)mobility. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2016. pp. 97-111

Bibtex

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