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Local Agency in Development, Market, and Forest Conservation Interventions in Lao PDR's Northern Uplands 老挝北部高地开发、市场和森林保护干预的地方机构

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Southeast Asian Studies Pub Date : 2019-08-22 DOI: 10.20495/SEAS.8.2_173

R. Cole, M. Brockhaus, G. Wong, M. Kallio, M. Moeliono

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An Ethnography of Pantaron Manobo Tattooing (Pangotoeb): Towards a Heuristic Schema in Understanding Manobo Indigenous Tattoos 潘塔隆马诺布文身的民族志:迈向理解马诺布土著文身的启发式图式

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Southeast Asian Studies Pub Date : 2019-08-22 DOI: 10.20495/SEAS.8.2_259

A. Ragragio, Myfel D. Paluga

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Chinese Business in Indonesia and Capital Conversion: Breaking the Chain of Patronage 在印尼的中国企业与资本转换:打破赞助链

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Southeast Asian Studies Pub Date : 2019-08-22 DOI: 10.20495/SEAS.8.2_295

Trissia Wijaya

引用次数: 5

Yanwar Pribadi. Islam, State and Society in Indonesia: Local Politics in Madura Yanwar Pribadi。印尼的伊斯兰教、国家与社会:马都拉的地方政治

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Southeast Asian Studies Pub Date : 2019-08-01 DOI: 10.20495/SEAS.8.2_331

Herdi Sahrasad