Honor the Baloch, buy the Pushtun: stereotypes, social organization and history in western Pakistan

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 657-687

  Titus, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL ORGANISATION;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0031753819     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X98003023     Document Type: Article

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