State, nation, identity: The quest for legitimacy in Bangladesh

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-34

  Murshid, Tazeen M ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NATIONALISM; STATE BUILDING;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031400181     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: 14790270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00856409708723294     Document Type: Article

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