Circular migration and rural cosmopolitanism in India

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 339-367

  Gidwani, Vinay ^a   Sivaramakrishnan, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RURAL SOCIETY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1142281750     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670303700114     Document Type: Article

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