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The Orient Strikes Back

The Orient Strikes Back

Joy Hendry

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2000
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Historia social y cultural
ISBN:
9781859733332
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At the turn of the 20th Century, Japanese ’villages’ and their exotic occupants delighted and mystified visitors to the Great Exhibitions and Worlds’ Fairs .

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