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Book Title: Lius of Shanghai
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Andrew Hsieh, Sherman Cochran
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Entrepreneurship, Modern / 20th Century, Asia / China, Historical, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 32 Oz
Number of Pages: 472 Pages
