"A useless thing!" or "nectar of the Gods?" The cultural production of education and young men's struggles for respect in liberalizing north India

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 961-981

  Jeffrey, Craig ^a   Jeffery, Patricia ^a,b   Jeffery, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Social and Political Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dalits; Development; Education; India; Muslims; Work; Youth

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 11844266933     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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