Cities of dragons and elephants - Urbanization and urban development in China and India edited by Guanghua Wan and Ming Lu, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019. xxxv + 763 pp., £110.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-0198829225, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cities-of-dragons-and-elephants-9780198829225
Cities of dragons and elephants - Urbanization and urban development in China and India edited by Guanghua Wan and Ming Lu, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019. xxxv + 763 pp., £110.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-0198829225, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/cities-of-dragons-and-elephants-9780198829225
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龙象之城 - 中国和印度的城市化和城市发展，万光华和卢明编辑，牛津，牛津大学出版社，2019。xxxv 763 页，£110.00 (hbk)，ISBN 978-0198829225，https:/
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