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America’s Encounters with Southeast Asia, 1800-1900

America’s Encounters with Southeast Asia, 1800-1900

Farish A. Noor

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Historia de Asia
ISBN:
9789462985629
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This book looks at the writings of American diplomats, adventurers, and scientists and chronicles how nineteenth-century Americans viewed and imagined Southeast Asia through their own cultural-political lenses.

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