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Gender and History

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 318-333

  Sarkar, Mahua ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; FEMINISM; ISLAMISM; SOCIAL HISTORY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10044247440     PISSN: 09535233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-5233.2004.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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