Enlightenment and the Gasping City: Mongolian Buddhism at a Time of Environmental Disarray

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Enlightenment and the Gasping City : Mongolian Buddhism at a Time of Environmental Disarray. / Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia Adelle.

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019. 252 p.

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Harvard

Abrahms-Kavunenko, SA 2019, Enlightenment and the Gasping City: Mongolian Buddhism at a Time of Environmental Disarray. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.

APA

Abrahms-Kavunenko, S. A. (2019). Enlightenment and the Gasping City: Mongolian Buddhism at a Time of Environmental Disarray. Cornell University Press.

Vancouver

Abrahms-Kavunenko SA. Enlightenment and the Gasping City: Mongolian Buddhism at a Time of Environmental Disarray. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2019. 252 p.

Author

Abrahms-Kavunenko, Saskia Adelle. / Enlightenment and the Gasping City : Mongolian Buddhism at a Time of Environmental Disarray. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019. 252 p.

Bibtex

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