The ‘Gujarat’ earthquake and the political economy of nostalgia

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-249

  Simpson, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; NATURAL DISASTER; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; GUJARAT; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 28944442840     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670503900202     Document Type: Article

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