Witness Against History : Literature, Film, and Public Discourse in Twentieth-Century China epub free

• Author: Yomi Braester
• Date: 30 Nov 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Language: English
• Book Format: Paperback::288 pages
• ISBN10: 0804758492
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