Hong Kong Martial Artists

Hong Kong Martial Artists
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 9781786615442
ISBN-13 : 1786615444
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Book Synopsis Hong Kong Martial Artists by : Daniel Miles Amos

Download or read book Hong Kong Martial Artists written by Daniel Miles Amos and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the social, political, and cultural changes that have occurred in the practice of Chinese kungfu by martial artists in Hong Kong over the course of the last two decades of British rule and the first two decades of mainland Chinese rule.


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