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MESA Presidential Address 2013: Of Springs and Revolutions, and Cabbages and Kings*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Peter Sluglett
Peter Sluglett*
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
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Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 1-2 , 2014 , pp. 8 - 23
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Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America 2014

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I should like to express my deepest gratitude to Dr. Alvin Wong of the National University Hospital, Singapore, for his encouragement, solicitude, good humor, and professional skill.

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