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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Heberer, Thomas.
Doing business in rural China: Liangshan’s new ethnic
entrepreneurs / Thomas Heberer.
p. cm. — (Studies on ethnic groups in China)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-0-295-99373-7 (pbk : alk. paper)
1. Businessmen—China—Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng)
2. Entrepreneurship—China—Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng)
3. Ethnic groups—China—Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng)
4. Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng, China)—Economic conditions.
5. Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng, China)—Ethnic relations.
6. Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng, China)—Social conditions. I. Title.
HC428.L37H43  2007     330.951'38—dc22     2007016249

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