Maurice Meisner
The significance of the Chinese Revolution
in world history
Working paper
Original citation:
Meisner, Maurice (1999) The significance of the Chinese Revolution in world history. Working
Paper. Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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