Fleeting land, fleeting people: Bangladeshi women in a Charland environment in Lower Bengal, India

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 475-495

  Lahiri Dutt, Kuntala ^a   Samanta, Gopa ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mankar College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; ISLAND; WOMENS STATUS;

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

SALVELINUS;

EID: 14644412819     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719680401300404     Document Type: Article

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