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”The West“ and the Anthropology of Other People's Colonialism: Frederick Starr in Korea, 1911–1930

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2007

Robert Oppenheim
Robert Oppenheim
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(rmo@mail.utexas.edu) Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 64 , Issue 3 , August 2005 , pp. 677 - 703
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