A ‘penury of bookes’: The printing press and social change, in an Indian setting

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 59-83

  Mattausch, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344835209     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: 14790270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00856409608723262     Document Type: Article

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