Embedding the colonial state: A comparative-historical analysis of state building and broad-based development in Mauritius

Social Science History

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 397-423

  Lange, Matthew ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442608431     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-27-3-397     Document Type: Article

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