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Land of yesterday, land of tomorrow : discovering Chinese Central Asia / Photographs by Paul, David and Peter Conklin ; text by Brent Ashabranner

This work features photographs and text documenting the Chinese province of Xinjiang following its 1984 reopening to foreigners, after being closed since 1949.

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