The formal side of informality: non-state trading practices and local Uyghur ethnography

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The formal side of informality : non-state trading practices and local Uyghur ethnography. / Reyhé, Rune Steenberg.

In: Central Asian Survey, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2020, p. 46-62.

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Reyhé, RS 2020, 'The formal side of informality: non-state trading practices and local Uyghur ethnography', Central Asian Survey, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 46-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2019.1697207

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Reyhé, R. S. (2020). The formal side of informality: non-state trading practices and local Uyghur ethnography. Central Asian Survey, 39(1), 46-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2019.1697207

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Reyhé RS. The formal side of informality: non-state trading practices and local Uyghur ethnography. Central Asian Survey. 2020;39(1):46-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2019.1697207

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Reyhé, Rune Steenberg. / The formal side of informality : non-state trading practices and local Uyghur ethnography. In: Central Asian Survey. 2020 ; Vol. 39, No. 1. pp. 46-62.

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