Sport in China

Susan Brownell

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199858910.013.22

Sport in China

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Original language	American English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of Sports History
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199858910.013.22
State	Published - May 4 2017

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Ancient History, Greek and Roman through Late Antiquity
Geography

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