The mixed economy of the south Indian Kurumbas

Ethnology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 323-334

  Tharakan, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORTICULTURE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

ASIA; ATTAPPADY; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1542380551     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773832     Document Type: Article

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