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Land of yesterday, land of tomorrow : discovering Chinese Central Asia
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Land of yesterday, land of tomorrow : discovering Chinese Central Asia

by Brent Ashabranner, David Conklin, Paul Conklin, Peter Conklin

This work features photographs and text documenting the Chinese province of Xinjiang following its 1984 reopening to foreigners, after being closed since 1949.

Accession 27082 ISBN 0525650865 Publisher Cobble Hill Books
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