The struggle to be temperate: Climate and "moral masculinity" in mid-nineteenth century Ceylon

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-37

  Duncan, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0034009836     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00062     Document Type: Article

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