Private lives, state intervention: Cases of runaway marriage in rural North India

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-84

  Chowdhry, Prem ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; MARRIAGE; RELIGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0742302233     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X04001027     Document Type: Article

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