Landscapes of Little Lhasa: Materialities of the Vernacular, Political and Commercial in Urban China

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Landscapes of Little Lhasa : Materialities of the Vernacular, Political and Commercial in Urban China. / Brox, Trine.

In: Geoforum, Vol. 107, No. December, 02.11.2019, p. 24-33.

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Brox, T 2019, 'Landscapes of Little Lhasa: Materialities of the Vernacular, Political and Commercial in Urban China', Geoforum, vol. 107, no. December, pp. 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.017

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Brox, T. (2019). Landscapes of Little Lhasa: Materialities of the Vernacular, Political and Commercial in Urban China. Geoforum, 107(December), 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.017

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Brox T. Landscapes of Little Lhasa: Materialities of the Vernacular, Political and Commercial in Urban China. Geoforum. 2019 Nov 2;107(December):24-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.10.017

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Brox, Trine. / Landscapes of Little Lhasa : Materialities of the Vernacular, Political and Commercial in Urban China. In: Geoforum. 2019 ; Vol. 107, No. December. pp. 24-33.

Bibtex

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